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单词 over-the-counter
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over-the-counter


o·ver-the-count·er

(ō′vər-thə-koun′tər)adj. Abbr. OTC1. Not listed or available on an officially recognized stock exchange but traded in direct negotiation between buyers and sellers: over-the-counter stocks.2. Sold legally without a doctor's prescription: over-the-counter drugs.

over-the-counter

adj 1. (Stock Exchange) a. (of securities) not listed or quoted on a stock exchangeb. (of a security market) dealing in such securitiesc. (of security transactions) conducted through a broker's office directly between purchaser and seller and not on a stock exchange 2. (Pharmacology) (of medicinal drugs) able to be sold without a prescription. Abbreviation: OTC Compare POM

o′ver-the-count′er



adj. 1. not listed on or transacted through an organized securities exchange: over-the-counter stocks. 2. sold legally without a prescription: over-the-counter drugs. [1920–25]
Thesaurus
Adj.1.over-the-counter - purchasable without a doctor's prescription; "nonprescription drugs"; "an over-the-counter cold remedy"nonprescriptionmedicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of diseaseprescription - available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"
2.over-the-counter - (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange; "over-the-counter stocks"otcunlisted - not on a list; "an unlisted telephone number"
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over-the-counter


over-the-counter,

method of buying and selling securities outside the organized stock exchange. Unlike an organized stock exchangestock exchange,
organized market for the trading of stocks and bonds (see bond; stock). Such markets were originally open to all, but at present only members of the owning association may buy and sell directly.
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, the over-the-counter market is composed of dealers who negotiate most transactions by telephone and computer. For the most part, dealers purchase stocks for their own account and sell them to customers at a markup over wholesale prices. Over-the-counter trading represents the single largest securities market in the United States today; it includes almost all U.S. government securities and municipal and corporate bonds, as well as most commercial bank and insurance company stocks. Today, most over-the-counter dealing in the United States is done through an extensive computer network, called the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ). In recent years, a number of companies that would be eligible for listing on the New York Stock Exchange have opted to remain in the over-the-counter market. In 1998, NASDAQ trading totalled $5.8 trillion, making it the second largest securities market in the world.

over-the-counter


over-the-counter

(ō′vər-thə-koun′tər)adj. Abbr. OTC Sold legally without a doctor's prescription: over-the-counter drugs.

over-the-counter

adjective Referring to a medical drug or device that can be purchased by a consumer without a doctor’s prescription.
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Over-the-counter


Over-the-counter (OTC)

A decentralized market (as opposed to an exchange market) where geographically dispersed dealers are linked by telephones and computer screens. The market is for securities not listed on a stock or bond exchange. The NASDAQ market is an OTC market for US stocks. Antithesis of listed.

Over-the-Counter Market

Describing a security or trade that does not occur on an exchange. Very often, the OTC market includes securities that are very small and do not trade on an exchange because they do not meet market capitalization requirements. OTC securities may theoretically be traded informally (one may stand on a street corner and sell his/her stocks), but the term usually refers to securities traded through a dealer network.

Over-the-counter (OTC).

Securities that trade over-the-counter (OTC) are not listed on an organized stock exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Common stocks, corporate, government, and municipal bonds (munis), money market instruments, and other products, such as forward contracts and certain options, may trade OTC.

Generally speaking, the OTC market is a negotiated market conducted between brokers and dealers using telephone and computer networks.

over-the-counter


Related to over-the-counter: Over-the-counter drugs
  • adj

Synonyms for over-the-counter

adj purchasable without a doctor's prescription

Synonyms

  • nonprescription

Related Words

  • medicament
  • medication
  • medicinal drug
  • medicine

Antonyms

  • prescription

adj (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange

Synonyms

  • otc

Related Words

  • unlisted
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