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A "floating" charge is a [[security interest]], which hovers in the ether, allowing the assets to move in and out of the custody account unhindered, but on an enforcement event suddenly clamps down on whatever is in the account and becomes a [[fixed charge|“fixed” charge]].
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A “floating” charge — fondly known by legal witterati as a “floater”, is a security interest, which hovers in the æther, allowing the assets to move in and out of the custody account unhindered, but upon an enforcement event suddenly clamps down — the technical term is that it “crystallises” — on whatever is in the account and becomes a “fixed” charge.

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