An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
(Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
(finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
(finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
(banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
(insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
(slang, by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” that person.
(two-up) A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.
(politics) A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.
(politics) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregularconstituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own.
(politics) One who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted.
