over-the-counter stock

  • 1over-the-counter stock — ➔ stock1 …

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  • 2over the counter stock — noun stock that is not listed and traded on an organized exchange • Syn: ↑OTC stock, ↑unlisted stock • Hypernyms: ↑unlisted security, ↑over the counter security, ↑OTC security • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 3Over-the-counter (finance) — Within the derivatives markets, many products are traded through exchanges. An exchange has the benefit of facilitating liquidity and also mitigates all credit risk concerning the default of a member of the exchange. Products traded on the… …

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  • 4over the counter security — noun a security traded in the over the counter market • Syn: ↑unlisted security, ↑OTC security • Ant: ↑listed security (for: ↑unlisted security) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 5over-the-counter — ( OTC) Purchases and sales of financial instruments that do not take place in organized exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade are termed over the counter. The phrase may be used as a noun to describe capital… …

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  • 6Over-the-counter drug — Over the counter redirects here. For other uses, see Over the counter (finance). OTC medication with child resistant packaging (cap) and tamper resistant carton and innerseal Over the counter (OTC) drugs are medicines that may be sold directly to …

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  • 7over the counter — ( OTC) Purchases and sales of financial instruments that do not take place in organized exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade are termed over the counter. The phrase may be used as a noun to describe capital… …

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  • 8over-the-counter — adj. 1. able to be sold legally without a doctor s prescription; of medicinal drugs. Contrasted with {prescription}. [prenominal] Syn: nonprescription(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Finance) not quoted on a stock exchange; sold only through… …

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  • 9over-the-counter — adj [only before noun] 1.) over the counter drugs can be obtained without a ↑prescription (=a written order) from a doctor 2.) AmE OTC over the counter business shares are ones that do not appear on an official ↑stock exchange list …

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  • 10Over the counter — Counter Coun ter, n. [OE. countour, OF. contouer, comptouer, F. comptoir, LL. computatorium, prop., a computing place, place of accounts, fr. L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.] A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is… …

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