floating

floating
float·ing [ʼfləʊtɪŋ, Am ʼfloʊt̬-] adj
attr, inv
1) (in water) schwimmend, treibend; garden, hotel, restaurant schwimmend; body, crane, dock Schwimm-; anchor, ice Treib-
2) (fluctuating) population fluktuierend (geh), wandernd, mobil;
\floating workforce Arbeiterschaft, die häufig den Arbeitsplatz wechselt
3) fin (unfunded)
\floating assets flüssige Aktiva fachspr;
\floating capital Umlaufvermögen nt fachspr;
\floating debt [of a business] schwebende [o kurzfristige] Schuld [eines Unternehmens] fachspr;
\floating interest rate gleitender [o variabler] Zinssatz fachspr;
\floating liability laufende Verbindlichkeit fachspr
4) comput, math Gleit-;
\floating point bewegliches Komma, Gleitkomma nt
5) med (displaced) Wander-;
\floating kidney Wanderniere f fachspr;
\floating rib freie Rippe fachspr

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