What is "stock warrant"

n. 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]

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