- (also float)[countable, uncountable] (
business 商业 the process of selling shares in a company to the public for the first time in order to raise money （公司）首次公开发行股票 plans for (a) flotation on the stock exchange 在证券市场上发行股票的计划 a stock-market flotation 在股票市场上市
- [uncountable] (formal)
the act of floating on or in water 浮；漂浮 All who remain missing are believed to be wearing flotation devices. 所有仍然失踪的人都被认为戴着漂浮装置。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: alteration of floatation (from float) on the pattern of French flottaison. The spelling flot- was influenced by flotilla.