'stock warrant' definitions:

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 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