treasury stock

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
treasury stock
    n 1: stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation
         and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but
         not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends [syn:
         {treasury stock}, {treasury shares}, {reacquired stock}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Treasury stock \Treas"ur*y stock\ (Finance)
   Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company
   itself.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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