Main entry: stock warrant
Definition: 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
Main entry: warrant, stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant
Definition: 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
Usage: as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities