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Float may refer to:

Float (money supply)
Public float, the total number of shares publicly owned and available for trading, after subtracting restricted shares from the total outstanding shares.
An initial public offering (IPO) can be referred to as a stock market float, particularly in British English.
A cash float is the money in a cash register needed at the beginning of a trading period in order to give change to customers.

Float (nautical), one of usually multiple air-filled structures giving buoyancy to a pontoon boat, floatplane, seaplane, etc.
Fishing float, a bite indicator used in angling
Fishing net float, small floats attached along one side of the net so that it hangs vertically in the water
Glass float, a type of large float used to keep fishing nets or droplines afloat
Profiling float

Float voltage, an external electric potential required to keep a battery fully charged
a term used in geology, paleontology, and archaeology to describe rocks, fossils, or artifacts found in soil or on the surface away from any original context

Float (horse-drawn), a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a low loadbed
Float or horse float, also known as horse trailer
Float (nautical), an external, buoyant section of a water vessel (such as a Pontoon (boat) or floatplane).
Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or moving platform, could be animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade
Milk float, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk
Float shifting, or "floating gears", the practice of shifting gears on a manual transmission without using the clutch.
Valve float, a condition of an internal combustion engine

Swimming float
Float (bartending technique)
Float (liquid level), a fluid-level indicator used in process engineering and plumbing
Float (project management), a time-management device
Float railway station, a former railway station in County Westmeath, Ireland
an ice cream soda
- Floats (drink), line of bottled beverages designed to imitate the taste of an ice cream soda
Float (woodworking), a tool used to cut, flatten and/or smooth wood via abrasion
Concrete float, a finishing tool for smoothing wet concrete surfaces
a rasp-like tool sporting sharp cutting teeth
- as used on horse teeth

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 * "Float", a song from the album ''[[The Music (album)|The Music]]'' by the band of the same name
 * "Float", a song by Bush from their 2001 album ''[[Golden State (album)|Golden State]]''
-* "float," a song by [[Eden (musician)|EDEN]] from his 2018 album [[Vertigo (Eden album)|vertigo]]
+* "float," a song by [[Eden (musician)|EDEN]] from his 2018 album ''[[Vertigo (Eden album)|vertigo]]''
 * [[Float (sculpture)|''Float'' (sculpture)]], a 1990 public artwork by American artist Peter Flanary