Similar words: rotation, denotation, annotation, quotation, connotation, job rotation, crop rotation, proportional representation. Meaning: [fləʊ'teɪʃn] 
n. 1. the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) 2. financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares.
n. 1. the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) 2. financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares. 
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1. Flotation collars are used to buoy space capsules that land in the sea.
2. The Glasgow-based company is to launch a stock-market flotation this summer.
3. The company has decided to postpone its flotation on the stock market until next year.
4. Clients wash and shower before entering the flotation tank.
5. Now he's leading the company's stock market flotation, an exercise which brings a personal bonus of ￡1.3m.
6. However, with a flotation come outside shareholders and a proportionate loss of control.
7. Profit predictions for 1992 at the time of flotation in 1989 were around ￡20m.
8. If a flotation is successful, the group will be left with automotive and aerospace interests.
9. The money from the share flotation will be used to strengthen the company's financial position.
10. Between flotation in 1980 and sales peak in 1988, his company, Amstrad, saw pre-tax profits rocket to ￡160.4 million.
11. Flotation is important in separating particles of tin oxide less than about 40 micrometres in diameter.
12. She was also very involved in the company's flotation in 1988.
13. At the time of its flotation I had an argument with some one who was planning to invest in it.
14. This kind of flotation to raise large capital sums has already been seen in cases such as Bairstow Eves and Connells.
15. The difference between a flotation tank and other relaxation techniques is that other methods require effort on the part of the patient.
16. There may also be provisions between the institutional investors and management about plans for future flotation.
17. Less rewarding techniques are those based on faecal examination, either by flotation or by the Baerman method.
18. The stock market debutant has lost 70 % of its value since its flotation last month.
19. All right then, how many of your would like to try a session in a flotation tank?
20. A sustained advertising onslaught will be required for growth to continue until an expected flotation in April 2002.
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21. Around 75 % of Dera will become a private company, which will be groomed for flotation, possibly during 2001.
22. The stock market's recent steady performance in the run up to the water issue has helped ensure the success of the flotation.
23. For the ultimate in relaxation, few treatments can beat the experience of a flotation tank.
24. The payment of dividends therefore represents a trade-off between agency costs and flotation costs.
25. The group was set to make ￡40m profit this year: a stock market flotation loomed.
26. But his company is believed to be close to appointing advisors for a flotation in New York.
27. Earnings per share fell 4.6% to 3.7 pence reflecting the increased number of shares issued following the flotation.
28. For the nuclear element in electricity privatisation is the coping stone on which the flotation plans are based.
29. The shares were the remainder of those allotted to Abbey National savers and borrowers at the time of its flotation.
30. Watercraft are sometimes used to reach victim, who is pulled on to flotation board towed behind.
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