STOCK-PURCHASE WARRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stock-purchase warrant mean? 

• STOCK-PURCHASE WARRANT (noun)
  The noun STOCK-PURCHASE WARRANT has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCK-PURCHASE 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-purchase 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-purchase warrant"):

perpetual warrant (a warrant with no expiration date)

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