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Over-the-counter

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of medicine and other treatments, legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription. not-comparable

    "over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine"

  2. 2
    Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary, and denoting any market where items such as stocks or currency are bought and sold by direct arrangement between counterparties, or through a private broker, rather than on a public stock exchange or other exchange. not-comparable

    "over-the-counter trade, over-the-counter market"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange wordnet
  2. 2
    purchasable without a doctor's prescription wordnet

Etymology

An attributive form of over the counter.

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