Search Result for "stock buyback":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt); 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stock buyback
    n 1: a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock;
         increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can
         discourage a takeover attempt)