Association of brokers and dealers connected by computer and telephone networks who buy and sell securities that are not listed on one of the traditional exchanges. Unlike the auction market, the OTC market does not have one physical location, and trades are negotiated.
Operating Telephone Company. common carrier engaged in the provision of exchange access service.
Over the Counter, the term used to describe the trading of futures and options outside a regulated stock exchange. Trade is directly between buyers and sellers and there is no standardization of strikes or expirations.
Over the Counter. Is the marketplace where securities are not listed on an exchange. Many derivatives, fixed income securities, and very small capitalization stocks belong in this group. Another notable difference between Over the Counter instruments and listed securities is that OTC instruments tend to be customized whereas listed instruments are standardized.
Over-the-counter; term used to describe an option that is written and traded through principals rather than a Exchange.
Over-the-counter stocks do not meet the listing requirements of the NYSE or the AMEX, and are traded strictly through Nasdaq's electronic computer network. In other words, all Nasdaq stocks are OTC stocks. The smallest companies are traded on what's known as the OTC Bulletin Board.
Over the Counter. is the market where two willing counterparties agree to enter into a contract together brought together by a broker
Over the Counter, i.e., a drug available without prescription on drugstore shelves.
over-the-counter; a medication or device sold legally without a prescription
Over the counter - Medication that does not require a script.
Available without a prescription so these drugs can be bought over the counter like aspirin for instance. OTC drugs are in contrast to prescription drugs that require a doctor's order.
OTC is a short-form for "over the counter", and it is used to refer to drugs which can be bought without a prescription. Perhaps you keep children's ibuprofen on hand for your child's fever. You might also have a bottle of aspirin or Tylenol for headaches. Perhaps you have something for heartburn in your medicine cabinet. These products are OTC pharmaceuticals, which you can buy without prescription for your family's use.
Over-The-Counter stocks refers to any issue that is not traded on a regulated exchange.
Over the counter. This identifies those drugs that are sold without a prescription in grocery stores, pharmacies or retail stores.
Over-the-Counter (OTC) is a market outside an organized exchange in which transactions are conducted through a telephone or computer network connecting dealers such as the NASDAQ.
Over the counter. Traded in some context other than a formal exchange.
Over-the-Counter Market. A networked group of stock dealers that trade stock and bond securities that are not listed on an actual exchange. They are networked together to trade through NASDAQ.
Over-the-Counter. A market for securities made up of dealers who may or may not be members of a formal securities exchange. The over-the-counter market is conducted over the telephone and is a negotiated market rather than an auction market such as the NYSE.
The Over the Counter Market allows companies which cannot or do not want to be quoted on a regulated market to be traded on a stock exchange. This market is not regulated.
(Over the counter) refers to medicine or devices available without a prescription.
Over the counter (ie not traded on a public exchange).
A market for securities that are not listed on an exchange. Security orders are transacted via telephone and a computer network that connects dealers. As opposed to the NYSE, which is an auction market, the OTC is a negotiated market. OTC dealers may either act as either principals or agents for customers. The OTC market is regulated by the NASD. OTC stock prices are listed daily in newspapers, with the National Market System stocks listed separately from the rest of the OTC market. The OTC market is a main market for bonds. See: Agency; Auction Market; Dealer; NASD; NASDAQ; National Market System; New York Stock Exchange
A market conducted directly between dealers and principals via a telephone and computer network rather than a regulated exchange trading floor.
Over the Counter. Where stocks and bonds are traded over the phone or through computer networking. These stocks are not listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
A name for a security that is not listed on an exchange. The OTC is the major trading market for all US bonds, as well as many small- and large-capitalization stocks. Whereas non-OTC stocks trade on the floor of actual stock exchanges, OTC issues are traded via telephone and computer networks connecting dealers in stocks and bonds. The dealer may or may not be a member of a securities exchange, but he or she must be a member of the NASD.
Over-the-counter. Available for consumption without a medical prescription.
Trades made between counter-parties via the telephone or through an electronic network, rather than on an exchange floor. FX is an Over-The-Counter market.
Over the Counter Drugs -- available without a prescription.
Over the Counter. Any transaction that is not conducted over a centralized exchange.
Over The Counter. Refers to trading in a security that is not listed and traded on an organized exchanged, or a market in which securities transactions are conducted through a telephone and computer network connecting dealers in stocks and bonds rather than on the floor of an exchange. OTC stocks are usually stocks of smaller companies that do not meet the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange. However, many companies qualifying for listing choose to remain with over the counter trading because of the system of multiple trading by many dealers rather than the approach of the exchanges, where all trading in a stock has to go through the exchange specialist in that stock. The term used to describe a security that is traded through the telephone- and computer-connected OTC market rather than through an exchange. They are regular stock exchanges, but the requirements to get a company listed there are less strict than those of the other exchanges, also cheaper. In Canada the OTC market is known as COATS. In the U.S., it is called the Pink Sheets.
A term used to describe drugs that can be purchased without a prescription from a healthcare professional.
Over The Counter. A derivative that is not traded on an exchange but purchased from an investment bank
Over the Counter indicates pharmaceutical products or drugs that do not require a prescription.
Over the counter. Bilateral markets in which contracts for futures, options and swaps are written on a tailor-made basis. futures/options/swaps
Over-The-Counter (see Level I).
over-the-counter (refers to nonprescription drugs)
Over-the-counter drugs or pain remedies.
Over the Counter. Geographically decentralized market in which securities transactions are conducted through a telephone and computer network regulated by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
Over The Counter. A securities that are traded through a telephone and computer network.
over-the-counter drug widely available without prescription.
Over the Counter. A market for buying and selling stock between broker-dealers over the telephone rather than by going through a stock exchange.
Over the counter, health and beauty care and drug items that do not require a medical prescription for purchase
Over The Counter; a market in which custom-tailored contracts such as stocks and foreign currencies are bought and sold between counterparties and are not exchange traded.
A securities market, conducted through negotiation over the telephone and not through the use of an auction system on any securities exchange. Most bond trading is done in the over-the-counter market.
Over-The-Counter (i.e. pharmacy products)
Synonym for self-medication. Non-prescription, over the counter drugs and health products from pharmacies, drugstores and consumer markets.
stands for Over-the-counter; OTC stocks are traded on an OTCBB (over the counter bulletin board) not an exchange, usually because the company has not yet met the requirements necessary to be included on one of the major exchanges. They are regulated by the SEC.
Abbreviation for over-the-counter and is associated with OTC companies, their stocks, and the OTC market, where a market maker quotes bid and ask prices at which he or she will buy and sell shares of stock.
The over-the-counter market includes trading in all stocks not listed on one of the exchanges and some traded in listed stocks.
Acronym for over-the-counter, i.e. an off-exchange market. The trade in products (mainly derivatives) that occurs outside the regulated market. The OTC market mainly concerns tailor-made products for professional market parties, but exchange-listed instruments may also be traded OTC.
Over the Counter. Used to describe any transaction that is not conducted over an exchange.
May be sold without a prescription, but unlike regular cosmetics, subject to FDA regulations. OTC products are referred to as drugs.
Over the Counter ( treatments available with no prescription)
"over the counter". This means the substance can be obtained without a prescription. e.g. "I'm using OTC yeast remedies."
OVER THE COUNTER. stocks that trade OTC are also called bulletin board stocks or pink sheets. They are registered with SEC but are not listed on an Exchange or Nasdaq. Nasdaq provides information of OTC securities but does not execute their trades.
Over the Counter. Principal market for bonds and some stocks that are not traded on a recognized exchange. Normally brokers and dealers trade directly by phone or electronically. Also known as an Unlisted Market.
Over-the-counter medications.
Over the counter. Term used to describe either markets away from regulated stock exchanges or the stocks that are traded in those markets.
Over-the-counter. A medicine that can be bought without a prescription (doctor's order). Examples include analgesics (pain relievers) such as aspirin and acetaminophen. Also called nonprescription.
Market in which securities are traded outside an organ-ized stock market. Unlike stock market trading, trans-actions do not take place at a specific time or place.
(from www.gmp1st.com/drglos). Over The Counter Drugs
Over the Counter. Used to depict any transaction that is not accomplished over an exchange.
Over The Counter. A security, typically of a smaller company, not listed or traded on an exchange. Also, a market where transactions are conducted among security dealers over a network of telephone and computer lines, rather than on the floor of an exchange.
Over the Counter, the term used to describe futures and options not traded on an exchange. Trade is directly between buyers and sellers and there is no standardization of strikes or expirations.
Over the counter. Private trading transactions directly between two parties, not intermediated by an exchange, with details of the transaction not public either.
Over The Counter. Unregulated markets for dealing in assets or securities.
