Floating liabilities are debts—money that must be paid. Floating liabilities, in contrast to fixed liabilities, are secured by assets with a constantly changing value, such as a company’s accounts receivable (debtors). These are usually short-term loans.
For more on this, see our article What Is Break-Even Analysis? along with the entries on fixed cost and fixed liabilities.
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