odd lot
Americannoun
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a quantity or amount less than the conventional unit of trading.
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Stock Exchange. (in a transaction) a quantity of stock less than the established 100-share unit for active issues or the 10-share unit for designated inactive issues.
noun
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a batch of merchandise that contains less than or more than the usual number of units
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stock exchange a number of securities less than the standard trading unit of 100
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of odd lot
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The most colorful of the odd lot was Charles Augustus Howell.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time the family whose strangely assorted Linen hangs out to dry is an odd lot of small-town Virginians.
From Time Magazine Archive
His allies, in the nature of things, are an odd lot.
From Time Magazine Archive
In recent years, individual sales in odd lots have equaled or outnumbered sales of 100 shares, while odd lot sales constitute an additional third to the published total of 100-share sales.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a matter-of-fact we were rather an odd lot to be the pick of anybody.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
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