/ · 1894 Brewer’s · F · Floated (Stock Exchange term)
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Brought out (said of a loan or company), as the Turkish ʹ69 Loan was floated by the Cohens. The French 6 per cent, was floated by the Morgans.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.