The word "afloat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as an adverb to describe something that is floating or kept in a state of suspension, or as an adjective to describe something that is afloat or buoyant. Example sentence: Many large ships were afloat along the harbor.
Our economic elite keep the Conservatives afloat because they expect a return During the cold war the left was routinely accused of taking Moscow gold, but the Russian oligarchs who benefited from the post-Soviet plunder of public assets know a good deal when they see one.
As prime minister Alexis Tsipras scrambles to secure a financial lifeline to keep the debt-stricken country afloat, hardliners in his radical left Syriza party have also ratcheted up the pressure.
Greece has vigorously rebutted speculation that it will declare a debt default and plunge out of the eurozone if it fails to strike a deal with lenders to keep its bankrupt economy afloat.
The European Central Bank is already doing "whatever it takes" to keep the Eurozone ship afloat: interest rates have been lowered to negative territory (the first time this has been done by a major central bank), and additional measures such as longer-term refinancing operation schemes (TLTROs) and an asset-backed securities (ABS) purchasing programme are in effect.
Another reason is the hundreds of billions the state has pumped into the financial system, keeping afloat households and businesses that would otherwise sink.
A London couple could have borrowed to the hilt in the boom – but they will have been kept afloat by the bubble in the capital.
However, as the name the implies, this was never intended to be a long-term measure to keep a eurozone country afloat.
The couple also donated cash to keep the legendary paddle steamer, the Waverley, afloat and taking passengers.
Adam Bogdan kept them afloat in the opening half-hour, conjuring a flurry of superb interceptions and saves to thwart Callum Wilson and Matt Ritchie, but the visitors had still caved in by the time the contest has stretched to the interval.
On the rollercoaster ride that is the debt-stricken country's epic battle to stay afloat, many had hoped that Syriza would also provide solace.
The Riga summit is more than symbolic because it aims to keep afloat the notion of European soft power, which is the EU's ability to influence its own environment.
