outstanding stock

outstanding stock definition - finance
Stock of a corporation that has been issued and is tradable. If a company buys back stock, the repurchased shares are no longer outstanding and are either held in the companyÂ’s treasury or retired.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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