What does Food floats mean?

Sally, can you give some context for these phrases?

Sally2008Hi,

Could you tell me what "food floats" and "domestic float" mean?

Thank you

When sharing an apartment or a house, I and my friends would have a sum of money to which we all contributed weekly; this was known as the house float. When something had to be bought (toilet paper, cleaning materials, milk etc), then the money was tak

Its a job description:

Mange the domestic float and allocate it where necessary.

Prepare food floats for new staff at the embassy.

Thank you

The "domestic float" will be the petty cash held by the housekeeper for paying for incidentals and small items week by week.

The "food float" sounds like the embassy staff have their own quarters and when a new member arrives, there will be a basic food supply in their kitchen - bread, milk, butter -whatever is needed until they have been able to go to a shop.

Thank you so much Feebs

>Manage the domestic float and allocate it where necessary.

Thank you.