Over-the-counter

Over-the-counter, also known as OTC, may refer to:

Over-the-counter drug -- medicine that may be sold without a prescription and without a visit to a medical professional, in contrast to prescription drugs. Over-the-counter (OTC drugs are medicines that may be sold without a prescription, in contrast to Prescription drugs The name "over-the-counter"
Over-the-counter (finance), financial instruments, such as stocks, exchanged directly between two parties. Over-the-counter ( OTC) trading is to Trade Financial instruments such as Stocks bonds, commodities or derivatives

Dictionary

(pharmacy) Non-prescription medicine and treatments, abbreviated as OTC.
(finance) 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.

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