odd lot

noun

: a number or quantity other than the usual unit in transactions
especially : a quantity of less than 100 shares of stock

Examples of odd lot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The address is listed as Joe Piper Inc., a distributor of odd lot paperboard. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2022 Occasionally, odd lot liquidations of fix-to-float bonds appear on financial platforms. Marilyn Cohen, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021 Choreo wasn’t just for the women of MIA as charismatic rapper Bobby Shmurda’s vibrant set had an odd lot dancing cast that included women in tutus and hype men in angel wings stalking the stage. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021 Merchants in Trump Heights will be required to sell Trump wine and any remaining odd lots of Trump mattresses and steaks and Ivanka Trump clothing. Dana Milbank, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019 These stories about an ever-expanding odd lot of San Francisco residents began as a newspaper serial and became a nine-volume print bestseller and a PBS mini-series. Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of odd lot was in 1858

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“Odd lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odd%20lot. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Legal Definition

odd-lot

1 of 2 adjective
: of, relating to, or being the type of worker considered under the odd-lot doctrine
an odd-lot worker without stable employment

odd lot

2 of 2 noun
: a quantity of stock that is less than the usual rounded amount (as 100 shares) compare round lot
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