stock 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-purchase warrant]
2: a written certificate that gives the holder the right to
purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a
specified period of time