over-the-counter

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) 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.

Related terms

• over-the-counter drug

Translations

pharmacy: not requiring a prescription

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 非處方的, 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)

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)

French: de gré à gré (fr) Romanian: extrabursier m