convertible security

convertible security definition - finance
A bond, preferred stock, or warrant that is convertible to the issuerÂ’s common stock or some other security under certain circumstances. The conversion may come with a payment of cash or usable securities.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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