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

At the close of Q3-2024, the $858 million average daily odd lot trade volume exceeded that of the entire prior year. —Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

The number of bonds traded is one thing, the par amount of average daily odd lot trades is even more stunning. —Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

The address is listed as Joe Piper Inc., a distributor of odd lot paperboard. —Carol Robinson | [e-mail], 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

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for odd lot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot

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