free float
verb1
Engineering, Firearms, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry to alter a firearm so that no part of the barrel touches the stock.
free float
noun1
An estimate of the proportion of shares of a public company that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions.
2
A floating rate of exchange rate under which the currency's value is allowed to fluctuate in response to foreign-exchange market mechanisms without government intervention.