Floater Meaning

There are 8 meaning(s) for word Floater

Meaning 1 : an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location

    Synonyms : floating policy
Meaning 2 : a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

    Synonyms : clochard,  drifter,  vagabond,  vagrant
Meaning 3 : spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

    Example : floaters seem to drift through the field of vision

    Synonyms : musca volitans,  muscae volitantes,  spots
Meaning 4 : a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)

Meaning 5 : an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed

Meaning 6 : an object that floats or is capable of floating

Meaning 7 : a swimmer who floats in the water

Meaning 8 : a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election