over-the-counter

See also: over the counter

English

Alternative forms

• over the counter

Etymology

over + the + counter

Adjective

over-the-counter (not comparable)

1. (pharmacy) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription (of medicine and other treatments); abbreviated as OTC.
2. (finance) Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary. Thus, any market where items such as stocks or currency are bought and sold at a distance, rather than on the exchange.
   • 1908, The Standard (volume 62, page 553)

     This is "commencement week" in "over-the-counter insurance" circles, the Whitman, Mass., savings bank having opened the ball with four applications made for $300 each by three prominent business men […]

Related terms

• over-the-counter drug

Translations

pharmacy: not requiring a prescription

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非處方的／非处方的, 非处方的 (fēi chǔfāng de)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: reseptivapaa (fi)
• French: en vente libre
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: rezeptfrei (de)
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• Icelandic: ólyfseðilsskyldur
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: fără rețetă, cu vânzare liberă
• Russian: без реце́пта (ru) (bez recépta)
• Swedish: receptfri (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: suora- (fi)
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• French: de gré à gré (fr)
• Romanian: extrabursier m