- flotation
-
When a company's shares are admitted to listing on the Official List and traded on a recognised investment exchange.Related links
Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
flotation
Look at other dictionaries:
Flotation — Flo*ta tion, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See {Flotilla}.] 1. The act, process, or state of floating. [1913 Webster] 2. The science of floating bodies. [1913 Webster] 3. (Com. & Finance) Act of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flotation — Flotation. См. Флотация. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
flotation — 1850s, from FLOAT (Cf. float) + ATION (Cf. ation). Spelling influenced by French (Cf. FLOATATION (Cf. floatation)) … Etymology dictionary
flotation — is now the dominant spelling for the word meaning ‘the process of launching or financing a business or commercial enterprise’. It has replaced the earlier form floatation, on the analogy of words such as flotilla, flotsam, etc … Modern English usage
flotation — (also floatation) ► NOUN 1) the action of floating or capacity to float. 2) the process of offering a company s shares for sale on the stock market for the first time … English terms dictionary
flotation — [flō tā′shən] n. [earlier floatation, respelled as if < Fr flottaison] 1. the act or condition of floating; specif., the act of beginning or financing a business, etc., as by selling an entire issue of bonds, securities, etc. 2. the capacity… … English World dictionary
Flotation — Flotationszelle Flotation (von englisch: to float – schwimmen) ist ein physikalisch chemisches Trennverfahren für feinkörnige Feststoffe aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Oberflächenbenetzbarkeit der Partikel. Dabei macht man sich zunutze, dass… … Deutsch Wikipedia
flotation — The occasion on which a company s shares are offered on the market for the first time. Exchange Handbook Glossary flotation or floatation Flotation is the process of making a company s shares available to the general public by obtaining a… … Financial and business terms
Flotation — Despite the Southwest Airlines spelling of the word, the more common spelling is floatation . Flotation may refer to:*Buoyancy, the phenomenon that keeps ships from sinking *Flotation process, in process engineering, a method for the separation… … Wikipedia
flotation — /floh tay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or state of floating. 2. the launching of a commercial venture, bond issue, loan, etc. 3. Metall. a process for separating the different minerals in a mass of powdered ore based on their tendency to sink in, or… … Universalium
