'Over the counter' definitions:
Definition of 'Over the counter'
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- Counter \Coun"ter\, n. [OE. countour, OF. contouer, comptouer, F. comptoir, LL. computatorium, prop., a computing place, place of accounts, fr. L. computare. See Count, v. t.] A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured. [1913 Webster]
- Over the counter (a) (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [Cant] (a) without a prescription; needing no prescription; -- said of medicines that can be legally bought without a physician's prescription. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Words containing 'Over the counter'
- Counter,
- Counter-,
- counter to,
- Colony counter,
- Counter approach,
- Counter bond,
- Counter brace,
- Counter deed,
- Counter distinction,
- Counter drain,
- Counter extension,
- Counter fissure,
- Counter indication,
- Counter irritant,
- Counter irritation,
- Counter opening,
- Counter parole,
- Counter plea,
- Counter potent,
- Counter pressure,
- Counter project,
- Counter proof,
- Counter revolution,
- Counter revolutionist,
- Counter round,
- Counter sea,
- Counter sense,
- Counter signal,
- Counter signature,
- Counter slope,
- Counter statement,
- Counter surety,
- Counter tally,
- Counter tenor,
- Counter tide,
- Counter vair,
- Counter weight,
- Geiger counter,
- Span counter,
- Speed counter,
- To hunt counter,
- bean counter,
- calorie counter,
- checkout counter,
- counter check,
- counter conditioning,
- counter culture,
- counter reformation,
- counter tube,
- crystal counter,
- heel counter,
- lunch counter,
- meat counter,
- notions counter,
- over the counter security,
- over the counter stock,
- over-the-counter,
- proportional counter,
- pulse counter,
- scintillation counter,
- snack counter,
- spark counter,
- under-the-counter,
- vote counter,
- Counter-compony,
- Counter-couchant,
- Counter-courant,
- Counter-paly,
- Counter-roll,
- Counter-salient,
- Hunt-counter,
- boron counter tube,
- counter-balanced,
- counter-drill,
- counter-revolutionist,
- counter-sabotage,
- counter-subversion,
- magnetic counter mine,
- over-the-counter drug,
- over-the-counter market,
- over-the-counter medicine,
- proportional counter tube,
- Counter-tenor clef,
- electronic counter-countermeasures,
- geiger-muller counter,
- counterbalanced counter-balanced counterpoised