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Meaning of floater

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  floater
      n 1: spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in
           the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift
           through the field of vision" [syn: {musca volitans},
           {muscae volitantes}, {floater}, {spots}]
      2: a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some
         other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
      3: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means
         of support [syn: {vagrant}, {drifter}, {floater}, {vagabond}]
      4: an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
      5: a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in
         the same election
      6: a swimmer who floats in the water
      7: an object that floats or is capable of floating
      8: an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g.
         jewelry) regardless of its location [syn: {floater},
         {floating policy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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