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over the counter

over the counter prepositional phrase: through direct trade; outside a standard stock exchange.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Through direct trade; outside a standard stock exchange.
  2. (pharmacy) Able to be obtained without a doctor's prescription.
    • Over-the-counter ED treatments are a poor substitute for prescription sex drugs or good old weed.
    • A federal judge on Friday ordered that the most common morning-after pill be made available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger.2013 April 15, Pam Belluck, “Judge Strikes Down Age Limits on Morning-After Pill”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2020
  3. (figuratively) Legitimately.

over the counter meaning in Tamil and Kannada

over the counter in Tamil

சந்தை நிறுவனம்சாராத நடவடிக்கை முறை

over the counter in Kannada

ನ್ಯಾಯವಾಗಿ ಕೂಡಲೆ ಪಡೆದ

Forms of over the counter

alternative attributiveover-the-counter

Questions about over the counter

What does over the counter mean?
Over the counter means through direct trade; outside a standard stock exchange.
What is over the counter in Tamil?
Over the counter in Tamil is சந்தை நிறுவனம்சாராத நடவடிக்கை முறை. See Over the counter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is over the counter?
Over the counter is a prepositional phrase.

Words near over the counter in the dictionary

  1. over square
  2. Over Staveley
  3. Over Stowey
  4. over the bender
  5. over the board
  6. over the counter
  7. over the edge
  8. over the fence
  9. over the head
  10. over the hill
  11. over the hills and far away

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Adapted from Wiktionary: over the counter (page history and authors); over the counter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); over the counter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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