floater

Noun

• an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location

• an object that floats or is capable of floating

• a swimmer who floats in the water

• a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election

• an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed

• a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

• a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)

• spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
  • floaters seem to drift through the field of vision
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  floating policy , vagrant , drifter , vagabond , musca volitans , muscae volitantes , spots