adjective [notbeforenoun]
1 floating on water:
Somehow we kept the boat afloat. * He could not swim and only a life jacket kept him afloat.
2 (of a business, etc.) having enough money to pay debts; able to survive:
They will have to borrow ｣10 million next year, just to stay afloat.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for afloat is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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