floatations

Acts of drifting

Floatations is a plural of flotation, an alternate spelling that mirrors the verb float.

A flotation is the act of floating or the capacity to float: The floatations of the rafts were tested before the river trip.

In finance, a flotation is the launching of a commercial enterprise by issuing shares: Several tech floatations are expected this quarter.

The spelling flotation is more common.

buoyancy

swimming

Locomotion through water

  • waterClear essential liquid
  • raftsFlat buoyant watercraft
  • poolsBodies of still water

devices · aids · inflatables · tubes · life jackets · noodles · armbands · foam · therapy · aquatic

financial

stock

Goods kept for sale

  • sharesUnits of company ownership
  • IPOFirst public stock offering
  • capitalWealth used for investment

investment · securities · equity · fundraising · offering · prospectus · underwriting · valuation · listing · shareholders

industrial

tanks

Storage vessels for liquids

processing · froth · reagents · extraction · mining · metallurgy · copper · sulfide · concentration · pulp

Opposites
buoyancy/physical state

floatationssubmersions

Complete coverings by liquid

sinkings · immersions · drownings · descents · plunges

financial/business context

floatationsprivatizations

Sales of public assets

liquidations · bankruptcies · buyouts · windups · dissolutions

Family

floatation

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