stock-purchase warrant

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stock-purchase warrant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stock-purchase warrant
      n 1: a type of security issued by a corporation (usually
           together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the
           holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common
           stock at a stated price; "as a sweetener they offered
           warrants along with the fixed-income securities" [syn:
           warrant, stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant]