deferred equity

deferred equity definition - finance
Securities, such as convertible securities, that will be convertible into common stock at some point in the future. A convertible security is debt that is issued that at a particular point can be converted into equity at a predetermined ratio.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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