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• n  the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
• n  financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares

• Its flotation was entirely dependent on whether the bilge pump could keep up with the leakage.
• Every time they lowered a lifeline and flotation ring to him, he passed it on to another of the passengers.
• But low-grade oxide ores, like Nevada's, evaded all ordinary flotation methods until the Bureau of Mines men hit on a new scheme: flotation in reverse with a new solvent.

• floatation

News & Articles

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• Spanish audit body to review Deloitte's role in Bankia flotation
  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's audit watchdog has launched a review of Deloitte's work at bailed-out Bankia in the run-up to its flotation in 2011, opening yet another investigation into what went wrong at ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Freddy Shepherd in Telegraph.co.uk
  Shepherd added: "The time since Newcastle's flotation in 1997 has seen a radical transformation in the club and its fortunes with the club now being one of the 20 wealthiest in Europe with one of the finest stadiums in European football, a Premier...
• Massimiliano Rosolino in USA Today
  It's not a matter of technology,Rosolino said. "The matter is one suit has much more flotation. If I were to go out there in a scuba suit it wouldn't be fair either. There's something not right about it."
• Bill Gammell in Turkish Press
  We are delighted to have gained such substantial backing for our pre-flotation,Sir Bill Gammell, Chief Executive of Cairn Energy PLC, said in a startement Thursday. "The positive response confirms our belief that this is the best strategy...