"free float" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: free floats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} free float (plural free floats)
  1. An estimate of the proportion of shares of a public company that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions.
    Sense id: en-free_float-en-noun-WP9V2XtJ Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 45 42
  2. A floating rate of exchange rate under which the currency's value is allowed to fluctuate in response to foreign-exchange market mechanisms without government intervention. Categories (topical): Stock market Synonyms: clean float
    Sense id: en-free_float-en-noun-VXdE6A0x Disambiguation of Stock market: 33 46 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 57 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 45 42 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 51 26

Verb

Forms: free floats [present, singular, third-person], free floating [participle, present], free floated [participle, past], free floated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} free float (third-person singular simple present free floats, present participle free floating, simple past and past participle free floated)
  1. (firearms) to alter a firearm so that no part of the barrel touches the stock. Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-free_float-en-verb-MN74-ksV Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 45 42 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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