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over the counter
(gcide) | over-the-counter \over-the-counter\, over the counter \over the
counter\adj.
Grossly excessive; outlandish; well beyond normal; as,
over-the-top action films. [informal]
[PJC] |
Over the counter
(gcide) | 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 transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on
which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on
which they are weighed or measured.
[1913 Webster]
Over the counter
(a) (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said of business so
done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange.
[Cant]
(a) without a prescription; needing no prescription; -- said
of medicines that can be legally bought without a
physician's prescription.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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over the counter security
(encz) | over the counter security, n: |
over the counter stock
(encz) | over the counter stock, n: |
Over the counter
(gcide) | over-the-counter \over-the-counter\, over the counter \over the
counter\adj.
Grossly excessive; outlandish; well beyond normal; as,
over-the-top action films. [informal]
[PJC]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 transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on
which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on
which they are weighed or measured.
[1913 Webster]
Over the counter
(a) (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said of business so
done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange.
[Cant]
(a) without a prescription; needing no prescription; -- said
of medicines that can be legally bought without a
physician's prescription.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
over the counter security
(wn) | over the counter security
n 1: a security traded in the over-the-counter market [syn:
unlisted security, over the counter security, {OTC
security}] [ant: listed security] |
over the counter stock
(wn) | over the counter stock
n 1: stock that is not listed and traded on an organized
exchange [syn: over the counter stock, OTC stock,
unlisted stock] |
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