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rights issue
     n : an 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; "the investment banker who handles a rights
         offereing usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by
         shareholders" [syn: {rights offering}]