Meanings
plural rights issues
- businessA dividend of subscription rights to buy additional securities in a company, made to the existing security holders.
Synonyms: rights offer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dividend of subscription rights to buy additional securities in a company, made to the existing security holders.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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