Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
treasury shares
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]