flo‧ta‧tion /fləʊˈteɪʃən $ floʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ float¹]

1. a time when shares in a company are made available for people to buy for the first time:
The company has decided to postpone its flotation on the stock market.

2. flotation chamber/compartment etc a container filled with air or gas, fixed to something to make it float

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