| 词汇 | over-the-counter stocks |
| 词源 | over-the-counter stocks. In the days before stock exchanges, banks used to sell securities over the counter. It is from this practice that we derive the term over-the-counter stocks. Today over-the-counter stocks are those not sold on the New York and other major stock exchanges, usually being those of smaller companies. |
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