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Noun floater has 8 senses

musca volitans, muscae volitantes, floater, spots - spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
--₁ is a kind of symptom
floater - a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
--₂ is a kind of debt instrument, certificate of indebtedness
vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
--₃ is a kind of wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage; poor person, have-not
--₃ has particulars: beachcomber; sundowner; tramp, hobo, bum
floater - an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
--₄ is a kind of employee
floater - a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
--₅ is a kind of voter, elector
floater - a swimmer who floats in the water
--₆ is a kind of swimmer, natator, bather

Derived form: verb float₂
floater - an object that floats or is capable of floating
--₇ is a kind of object, physical object
--₇ has particulars: iceberg, berg
Derived form: verb float₂
floater, floating policy - an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
--₈ is a kind of policy, insurance policy, insurance