S: (n) stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)) "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"
S: (n) common stock, common shares, ordinary shares (stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections) "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks"
S: (n) treasury stock, treasury shares, reacquired stock (stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends)
S: (n) voting stock (shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights)
S: (n) watered stock (stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital)
S: (n) float (an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade)
S: (n) float, plasterer's float (a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco)
S: (n) float (something that floats on the surface of water)
S: (n) air bladder, swim bladder, float (an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy)
Verb
S: (v) float, drift, be adrift, blow (be in motion due to some air or water current) "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
S: (v) float, swim (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
S: (v) float (set afloat) "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
S: (v) float (circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with) "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
S: (v) float (move lightly, as if suspended) "The dancer floated across the stage"