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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

over-the-counter

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01 adj. able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; -- of medicinal drugs. Contrasted with prescription.
  1. 1.
    able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; -- of medicinal drugs. Contrasted with prescription.[prenominal]
  2. 2.
    not quoted on a stock exchange; sold only through private negotiations between buyer and seller; -- of securities; as, over-the-counter stocks.(Finance)
Syn. nonprescription(prenominal).
02 adj. Grossly excessive; outlandish; well beyond normal; as, over-the-top action films.
  1. 1.
    Grossly excessive; outlandish; well beyond normal; as, over-the-top action films.[informal]