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quant

/kwɒnt/

quant noun: quantitative analysis or research. Also the clipping of quantity.

Noun (1)

quant (countable and uncountable, plural quants)

  1. (uncountable) Quantitative analysis or research.
    • We believe there is a role for both qual and quant in professional services.2015, Nigel Clark, Professional Services Marketing Handbook: How to Build Relationships, Grow Your Firm and Become a Client Champion, London: Kogan Page Publishers, page 70
  2. (countable) A quantitative analyst.
    • Judy Mills: Oh, and I was very excited to hear about your agency's new emphasis on hard numbers and data.
      Simon: Excuse me?
      Judy Mills: Yeah, I heard you hired a quant.2014 January 30, Simon Roberts Was Here (The Crazy Ones), episode 15

Noun (2)

quant (plural quants)

  1. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
  2. A vertical shaft used to drive a millstone.

Verb

quant (third-person singular simple present quants, present participle quanting, simple past and past participle quanted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To propel using a quant.

Proper noun capitalized: Quant

Quant (plural Quants)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Also used as

quant is also the clipping of quantity.

quant is also the clipping of quantifier.

quant is also the clipping of quantifiable.

quant is also the clipping of quantitative.

Forms of quant

Noun
pluralquants
Verb
third-person singular presentquants
present participlequanting
past participlequanted
pastquanted
Proper noun
pluralQuants

Plural of quant: quants

Origin of quant

Shortening.

Uncertain. A borrowing from Latin contus (“long pole”) has been suggested, but the -a- is problematic.

Nickname from Middle English cwointe (“intelligent, smart, cunning”), the origin of quaint.

Words formed from quant

Phrases with quant

Words that rhyme with quant

Questions about quant

What does quant mean?
Quant means quantitative analysis or research.
What part of speech is quant?
Quant can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce quant?
Quant is pronounced /kwɒnt/.
What is the plural of quant?
The plural of quant is quants.

Words near quant in the dictionary

  1. quannet
  2. quannets
  3. Quans
  4. Quansah
  5. Quansahs
  6. quant
  7. quant fund
  8. quant funds
  9. quant pole
  10. quant poles
  11. quant suff

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