Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 a first draft of a prospectus; 
 must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus; 
- Example: "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"[syn: preliminary prospectus, red herring]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
preliminary prospectus
    n 1: a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to
         indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus;
         "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red
         ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red
         herring" [syn: preliminary prospectus, red herring]