preemptive right love

preemptive right

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The right of a company's existing stockholders to purchase enough shares to maintain their overall ownership percentage in the event of a new stock issue.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law The right of shareholders to maintain a constant percentage of a company's shares by receiving a proportionate fraction of any new shares issued, thus preempting any dilution

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word preemptive right.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.