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OTC
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English
Pronunciation
en En-au-OTC.ogg AU
Adjective
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en over-the-counter.
60 The bedside table is littered with both OTC and prescription expectorants and pertussives and analgesics and Vitamin-C megaspansules
en 2014 Ken Seufert April The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges American Pharmaceutical Review 17(3):8 By adopting complementary products used in biotech, over-the-counter (OTC), nutritional, cosmetic, or other fine chemical consumers, their cost basis is further diluted to help maintain competitiveness.
en order-to-cash.
en slang en off the charts.
Noun
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en pathology en Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.
en military en Officer in tactical command (in en NATO)
en fandom slang en one true character; a fictional character one favors to the exclusion of others.
en 17 February 2016 HitoBitoSSB 699786062000947201 Memo[Guillermo] Lucina is actually still my otc (one true character) at heart.
en 16 June 2023 Web_singer FanfictionExchange 14amvau joe6ftz I don't have a OTP but Snape is my OTC. I've only written one HP fic without him.
en 30 January 2026 Suitable-Self AO3 1qqrr44 o2nbbvm Lately it seems like most ships are less like OTPs or OT3+ where shippers are equally invested in the mutual dynamic of all characters involved but instead are like how can my OTC (One True Character) have their every whim catered to, every physical/emotional be taken care and being ravished on the daily by their hot love interest(s) who don’t have any needs of their own beyond needing to love the OTC. https://web.archive.org/web/20261011044606/https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/1qqrr44/comment/o2nbbvm/?solution=398a69c016a894fd398a69c016a894fd&js_challenge=1&jsc_token=2824be10929bdc604753c70a67a1c3311c4e51987024b53a51fd9dafc8534f3e&jsc_orig_r= 11 October 2026
Proper noun
en organization en Offshore Technology Conference
en military en Officers Training Corps (part of the British Army).
en Australia historical en Overseas Telecommunications Commission a defunct department of the Australian government.
en Philippines en w:Office of Transportation Cooperatives.
Prepositional phrase
en slang Internet text messaging en on the cheek.
Anagrams
en cot CTO OCT Oct Oct. TCO TOC cot oct oct-
Japanese
Etymology
ja en OTC over-the-counter
Pronunciation
オーティーシー
Noun
オーティーシー
over-the-counter
ja 店頭 tentō
ja medicine pharmacy drugs Over-the-counter drugs
OTC 医%薬%品 オーティーシー い%やく%ひん over-the-counter drags
OTC 類%似 薬 オーティーシー るい%じ やく OTC Drug-Like Medicines
ja finance Over-the-counter (finance)
ja 店頭取引 tentō torihiki
OTC 取%引 オーティーシー とり%ひき OTC trading
OTC 市%場 オーティーシー し%じょう over-the-counter market
Derived terms
drugs OTC 医%薬%品 オーティーシー い%やく%ひん, OTC 類%似%薬 オーティーシー るい%じ%やく, スイッチ OTC 薬 スイッチ オーティーシー やく
finance OTC 取%引 オーティーシー とり%ひき, OTC 市%場 オーティーシー し%じょう
ja Medicine Pharmacy Drugs
ja Finance