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antidilution

adjective/ˌæntidaɪˈluːʃən/

C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Protecting an investor's stake from being reduced in value by later share issues at a lower price.

The antidilution ratchet repriced the fund's preferred shares after the down round.

Topic: Corporate law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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