Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not listed or available on an officially recognized stock exchange but traded in direct negotiation between buyers and sellers.
- adjective Sold legally without a doctor's prescription.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective prenominal able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; -- of medicinal drugs. Contrasted with
prescription . - adjective (Finance) not quoted on a stock exchange; sold only through private negotiations between buyer and seller; -- of securities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pharmacy Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a
prescription (of medicine and other treatments); abbreviated asOTC . - adjective finance Direct
interaction between two parties without anintermediary . Thus, anymarket where items such asstocks orcurrency are bought and sold at a distance, rather than on theexchange .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange
- adjective purchasable without a doctor's prescription
Etymologies
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Examples
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As an automated-quotation system, Nasdaq uses computers and telecommunications for the trading and surveillance of thousands of securities, which are colloquially called over-the-counter stocks.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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As an automated-quotation system, Nasdaq uses computers and telecommunications for the trading and surveillance of thousands of securities, which are colloquially called over-the-counter stocks.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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They cite ongoing competition from the so-called over-the-counter market, dominated by many of the world's largest investment bank, which still represents the majority of derivatives trades in Europe.
NYT > Home Page By MARK SCOTT 2011
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So about 80% of our business is what I would call over-the-counter and nutritional store brand Private Label business where we make products for the Walgreens, the Wal-Marts, the CVSs, the Rite- Aids, the Targets, Costco, you name it.
unknown title 2012
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But critics, including some regulators, counter that the entire market for financial contracts called over-the-counter derivatives should face stricter supervision.
The Seattle Times 2011
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FDA to yank homeopathic 'weight loss' supplements that contain hormone HCG Federal agency calls over-the-counter products 'unproven' and 'potentially dangerous' Lindsay Goldwert
NYDN Rss LINDSAY GOLDWERT 2011
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted to delay certain swaps rules until as late as Dec. 31 in order to head off confusion in the over-the-counter derivatives market.
What's News 2011
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Shapiro was the primary market maker in banks that traded over-the-counter then, and nothing escaped Morris's notice.
Martin T. Sosnoff: My S&M Relationship With Citi and Morgan Martin T. Sosnoff 2011
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Shapiro was the primary market maker in banks that traded over-the-counter then, and nothing escaped Morris's notice.
Martin T. Sosnoff: My S&M Relationship With Citi and Morgan Martin T. Sosnoff 2011
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I had googled the right terms and I had seen my doctor and now I would try more over-the-counter medication.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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