noun
- Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens.
- usage: "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"
- synonyms: musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots
- A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e. G. The rate paid by T-bills. )
- A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.
- An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed.
- A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election.
- A swimmer who floats in the water.
- An object that floats or is capable of floating.
- An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e. G. Jewelry) regardless of its location.
- synonyms: floating policy
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