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| Domain | Definition |
Economics | Securities trading which takes place outside the normal Security Exchanges. (references) |
Finance | An expression applying to the auxiliary stock market in which securities not listed on regular exchanges are traded. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The buying and selling of securities that are not listed on an organized exchange. Trading is handled by dealers through negotiation rather than through the use of a stock exchange's auction system. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Purchase | Make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter. |
Sale | Verb: sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale; sell over the counter, sell by auction; Noun: dispense, retail; deal in; sell off, sell out; turn into money, realize; bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction; offer for sale, put up for sale; hawk, bring to market; offer; undersell. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: OVER THE COUNTER |
| English words defined with "OVER THE COUNTER": NASDAQ ♦ over-the-counter stock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "OVER THE COUNTER": Counter-jumper. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm barely able to look over the counter. How can I make a reservation for a hotel room? (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; writing credit: John Hughes) | |
Lyrics | Over the counter with a shotgun (Desire; performing artist: U2) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Over the Counter (1932) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It is sold over the counter and also comes in prescription-strength preparations. (references) | |
This includes prescription medicines and the medicines that you buy over the counter. (references) | ||
A product such as zinc oxide, sold over the counter, can block the sun's rays completely. (references) | ||
Business | In some cases licenses are denied as a measure to protect the Israeli pharmaceutical companies that compete in the Palestinian markets, especially for over the counter drugs like painkillers. (references) | |
It should be noted that HIV tests are not sold over the counter or offered as part of in-store testing programs, as it is illegal in the United Kingdom to sell or supply such kits to the public. (references) | ||
According to World Bank analysts, sales of pharmaceuticals in Poland will reach USD 4 billion (USD 100 per capita) by the year 2005. Experts forecast that Poland will experience dynamic development in over the counter (OTC) sales of pharmaceuticals which currently account for one-quarter of the local market (compared with 40% in EU countries). (references) | ||
Economic History | Peru | Over the counter purchases are done in cash (U.S. dollars are widely accepted), check or credit card. (references) |
India | Other regional exchanges and the National Over the Counter Exchange of India also have computer-trading systems. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Therefore, imported products (especially over the counter and generic drugs) should enjoy an even higher market share in Hong Kong. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "OVER THE COUNTER": buy over the counter ♦ over the counter market ♦ over the counter security ♦ over the counter stock. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "OVER THE COUNTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | купен не на борсата, продаван без рецепта, продаден не на борсата. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | over the counter, OTC, uden for Børsen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | over the counter-geneesmiddelen, over the counter, OTC-geneesmiddelen, otc, buiten beurs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | OTC-kauppa (OTC market, over the counter market, over-the-counter deal, unlisted securities market, unofficial market), sopimusmarkkinat (curb market, junior stock market, OTC market, over the counter market, over-the-counter market, parallel market, parallel stock market, second tier market, third market, unlisted securities market, unofficial market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | over the counter, test d'autosurveillance, hors cote, home test, diagnostic OTC. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rezeptfrei (available without prescription, without prescription), außerbörslich. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξωχρηματιστηριακή συναλλαγή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabadkézbõl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | non quotato in borsa, fuori borsa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overay ethay ountercay valor mobiliário não transaccionado em(sessões de)bolsa (security traded off bourse, security traded off exchange, security traded off market, security traded on a parallel market, security traded over the counter), mercado paralelo (OTC market, over the counter market, unlisted securities market, unofficial market), mercado livre regulamentado (OTC market, over the counter market, unlisted securities market, unofficial market), mercado fora da Bolsa (OTC market, over the counter market, unlisted securities market, unofficial market). (various references) limpio (chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, fair, fairly, Frank, fresh, incautious, net, pure, taintless, tidy, transparent, unpolluted), honrado (aboveboard, above-board, decent, fair, honest, honorable, honored, honourable, honoured, moral, open-faced, plain, respectable, righteous, right-minded, right-thinking, sportsmanlike, Square, straight, straightforward, upright), extrabursátil. (various references) onoterad, utan recept, receptfri, över disk (over-the-counter). (various references) що прода"ться без посередника. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-h-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-u-v" | |
-3 letters: orthocenter. | |
-4 letters: controvert. | |
-5 letters: converter, convertor, coverture, entrecote, overcount, recontour, reconvert, recounter, retoucher, thereunto. | |
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| 1. Synonyms 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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