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buoyant

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buoy⋅ant

  [boi-uhnt, boo-yuhnt]
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–adjective
1. tending to float in a fluid.
2. capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid.
3. not easily depressed; cheerful.
4. cheering or invigorating.
Origin:
1570–80; buoy + -ant

Related forms:
buoy⋅ant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. happy, lighthearted, breezy, jaunty, sunny.
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buoy·ant   (boi'ənt, bōō'yənt)   
adj.  

  1. Having or marked by buoyancy: a buoyant balloon; buoyant spirits.

  2. Lighthearted; gay: in a buoyant mood.


[Spanish boyante, present participle of boyar, to refloat a boat, from boya, buoy, from Old French boue; see buoy.]
buoy'ant·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

buoyant 
1578, perhaps from Sp. boyante, prp. of boyar "to float," from boya "buoy," from Du. boei (see buoy). Of personalities, etc., from c.1748.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Buoyant

The term used to describe a commodities market where the prices generally rise with ease when there are considerable signals of strength.

Investopedia Commentary

These types of markets can be very volatile as the prices are rapid to rise and fall with investor sentiment.

See also: Actual, At The Market, Bear, Bear Spread, Break, Bulge, Bull

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Financial Dictionary

buoyant

Of or relating to a market in which prices have a tendency to move upward.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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