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Home Dictionary Name: over the counterOver-the-counter market
Over-the-counter market, means the market for securities that are not traded on an organised exchange. Over-the Counter (OTC) trading usually occurs through telephone or computer negotiations between buyers and sellers. Many of the more actively traded OTC Stocks are listed on NASDAQ, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1130....
over-the-counter
over-the-counter 1 : not traded or effected on an organized securities exchange [ transactions] [ securities] 2 : sold lawfully without a prescription [ drugs] ...
bank
bank : an organization for the custody, loan, or exchange of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds branch bank : a banking facility that is a separate but dependent part of a chartered bank ;esp : a facility that performs some banking functions and is separate from a main office bridge bank : a national bank that is chartered for a limited time to operate an insolvent bank until it is sold central bank : a national bank that establishes monetary and fiscal policy and controls the money supply and interest rate collecting bank : a bank other than the payor bank that is handling for collection a negotiable instrument or a promise or order to pay money commercial bank : a bank organized chiefly to handle the everyday financial transactions of businesses (as through deposit accounts and commercial loans) cooperative bank : an association (as a credit union) owned by and offering banking services for its members ;specif : savings and ...
Brioschi
a type of antacid sold over the counter...
ginmill
A commercial establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter a barroom a disparaging term suggesting a cheap or disreputable bar...
melatonin
A hormone secreted by the pineal gland Chemically it is N acety 5 methoxytryptamine Research has indicated that there are daily rhythms in secretion of melatonin in particular due to the depressing effect on melatonin production by light received by the retina Conversely it appears that melatonin may influence the circadian rhythms of animals There is some experimental evidence that administration of melatonin may increase the amount of sleep in people with sleep disorders However the evidence is not convincing and the effect is not profound Nevertheless the deregulation of melatonin and its availability over the counter has led to many people taking melatonin to help sleep without consulting a physician...
nonprescription
able to be sold legally without a doctors prescription over the counter of medicinal drugs as Aspirin is a nonprescription antiinflammatory drug Opposite of prescription...
over the counter
able to be sold legally without a doctors prescription of medicinal drugs Contrasted with prescription...
will
will 1 : the desire, inclination, or choice of a person or group 2 : the faculty of wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending 3 : a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death ;esp : a formally executed written instrument by which a person makes disposition of his or her estate to take effect after death see also codicil, living will, testament antenuptial will : a will that was executed by a person prior to that person's marriage and is usually revocable by the court if no provision was made for the person's spouse unless an intention not to make such a provision is manifest conditional will : a will intended to take effect upon a certain contingency and usually construed as having absolute force when the language pertaining to the condition suggests a general purpose to make a will counter will : mutual will in this entry holographic will : a will written out in the hand of the testator and accepted as valid in many sta...
Damages
Damages, constitute the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003) 7 SCC 197 (202).The expression 'damages' is neither vague nor over-wide. It has more than one signification but the precise import in a given context is not difficult to discern. A plurality of variants stemming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable damages, pecuniary damages, prospective damages, special damages, speculative damages, substantial damages, unliquidated damages. But the essentials are (a) detriment to one by the wrongdoing of another, (b) reparation awarded to the injured through legal remedies, and (c) its quantum being determined by t...
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