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
- odd-lot adjective
Etymology
Origin of odd lot
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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This time the family whose strangely assorted Linen hangs out to dry is an odd lot of small-town Virginians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Small shop-keepers are inclined to favor this "odd lot buying," as it enables them to save the tinfoil cigarette wrappings and sell them back to the cigarette manufacturers for an additional profit.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Ellis' fate to attract a fairly odd lot.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are men of caste status in an army hutment, an odd lot indeed.
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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