Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• COLLECTION FLOAT
  
  The total time period between when a check is prepared by the remitter and when the check is presented to the remitter’s bank. The float also includes the mail float, processing float, and transit float, and is considered the disbursement float for the organization that issues the check.
  
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