odd-lot
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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
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
His allies, in the nature of things, are an odd lot.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most colorful of the odd lot was Charles Augustus Howell.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there was an odd lot of tiny drawers, located in every conceivable place, all pretty well preserved, and the square pedestal and the base were in excellent condition.
From Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls by Carsey, Alice
