float
noun [S] (MONEY) /fləʊt/
/floʊt/ UKDefinition
› a small amount of money kept by someone who works in a bar, etc., used for giving customers their changeGeneral words for amounts of moneyLarge amounts of moneySmall amounts of money
(Definition of float noun (MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bank noun (MONEY)
- bounty noun (REWARD)
- buck noun (MONEY)
- capital noun (MONEY)
- cash flow noun
- circumstance noun
- coin noun
- daily bread noun
- disbursement noun
- have/get your snout in the trough idiom
- kitty noun (MONEY)
- living wage noun
- money supply noun
- pool noun (COLLECTION)
- pool noun (MONEY)
- slush fund noun
- sub noun (MONEY)
- sum noun (AMOUNT OF MONEY)
- surplus noun, adjective
- the wherewithal noun
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Amounts of money
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