(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, Syn. rights issue, Example:the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders
[りねん, rinen] (n) (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology; (P)#6765
[じこう, jikou] (n) (1) statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription); (2) ageing; aging; (P)#17029
[konshu-marizumu] (n) (See 消費者主権) advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.); consumer activism; consumer advocacy; consumerism (in the original sense)