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obligate

[′äb·lə·gət]
(biology)
Restricted to a specified condition of life, as an obligate parasite.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Under the current definitions, employee stock options and similar instruments, such as stock purchase warrants, are equity instruments because they obligate a company only to issue its own stock.
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