Rights
A security giving stockholders entitlement to purchase new shares issued by the corporation at a predetermined price (normally less than the current market price) in proportion to the number of shares already owned. Rights are issued only for a short period of time, after which they expire.

Investopedia Says:
This also known as "subscription rights" or "share purchase rights".

Related Terms:
Contingent Value Rights - CVR
Distribution
Ex-Rights
Oversubscription Privilege
Rights Offering
Share Purchase Rights
Subscription Right
Theoretical Ex-Rights Price
XRT

• Realtor
• Reassessment
• Rebalancing
• Rebate
• Rebate Barrier Option
• Recapitalization
• Recapture
• Recast Trigger
• Receivables
• Receivables Turnover Ratio
• Receiver
• Receivership
• Receive Versus Payment (RVP)
• Receive Versus Payment (RVP)
• Recession
• Recharacterization
• Reclassification
• Recognized Gain
• Recognized Loss
• Recompense
• Reconciliation
• Reconversion
• Record Date
• Record High
• Recording Fee