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Over-the-counter (finance)

Over-the-counter (OTC) trading is to trade financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, commodities or derivatives directly between two parties. It is the opposite of exchange trading which occurs on futures exchanges or stock exchanges.''
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over-the-counter market

Noun
1. a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange
(synonym) OTC market
(hypernym) stock exchange, stock market, securities market

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Over-The-Counter Market

A communications network through which trades of bonds, non-listed stocks, and other securities take place. Trading activity is overseen by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).

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over-the-counter market

Synonyms and related words:
American Stock Exchange, Amex, Wall Street, board, bourse, commodity exchange, corn pit, curb, curb exchange, curb market, exchange, exchange floor, outside market, pit, quotation board, stock exchange, stock market, stock ticker, telephone market, the Big Board, the Exchange, third market, ticker, ticker tape, wheat pit

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