Over-the-counter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  over-the-counter \over-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 private negotiations between buyer and seller; --
        of securities; as, over-the-counter stocks.
        [WordNet 1.5] over the top

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  over-the-counter
       adj 1: purchasable without a doctor's prescription;
              "nonprescription drugs"; "an over-the-counter cold
              remedy" [syn: {nonprescription(a)}, {over-the-counter(a)}]
              [ant: {prescription(a)}]
       2: (of securities) not quoted on a stock exchange;
          "over-the-counter stocks" [syn: {otc}]