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]