flotation
noun/floʊˈteɪʃən/
Frequency rank: #11,372 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the process of offering shares of a company to the public for the first time, or the ability of an object to float on water.
Example sentence
The company raised millions through stock flotation on the public market.
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