afloat

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They're just trying to keep the economy afloat, which is what they were all hired for.

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  1. adverb In a floating position or condition.
  2. adverb On a boat or ship away from the shore; at sea.
  3. adverb In circulation; prevailing: Rumors are afloat.

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  1. from Middle English aflote, on flote, from Anglo-Saxon on flote (dative), on flot (accusative): on, English a, on, in; flot, water deep enough to allow a ship or boat to float (cf. flota, a ship); = Icelandic ā floti (dative), ā flot (accusative), afloat. The Old French a flot, afloat, is of wholly different origin. See float, n. and v.
 

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