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語源

Attributive form of over the counter.

形容詞

over-the-counter (not comparable)

1. (pharmacology, of medicine かつ other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.

   Synonym: OTC

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

2. (finance) Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary. Thus, denotes 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.

   Synonym: OTC

   • 1908, The Standard (volume 62, page 553)

     This is "commencement week" in "over-the-counter insurance" circles, the Whitman, Mass., savings bank having opened the ball with four applications made for $300 each by three prominent business men […]

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

前置詞句

over the counter

1. (finance) Through direct trade; outside a standard stock exchange.
2. (pharmacy) (able to be obtained) without a doctor's prescription.
3. (figuratively) Legitimately (as opposed to under the counter).

参考

• under the counter