STOCK WARRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stock warrant mean? 

• STOCK WARRANT (noun)
  The noun STOCK WARRANT has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: STOCK WARRANT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCK WARRANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

stock-purchase warrant; stock warrant; warrant

Context example:

as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities

Hypernyms ("stock warrant" is a kind of...):

security; surety (property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stock warrant"):

perpetual warrant (a warrant with no expiration date)

subscription warrant (a warrant that expires on a stipulated date)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stock warrant" is a kind of...):

guarantee; warrant; warrantee; warranty (a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications)