quant

Shortening.

quant (plural quants)

1. (finance) A quantitative analyst.
   • 2014 January 30, Simon Roberts Was Here (The Crazy Ones), episode 15:

     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.

2. Quantity.
3. Quantifier.

quant (not comparable)

1. Quantifiable.
2. Quantitative.

• quant fund

Shortening.

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.

• nuqta

From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkwan/

quant (feminine quanta, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)

1. (interrogative) how many; how much

• quant a

From Latin quantum.

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quant

1. Only used in quant à

• “quant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin quantus.

quant m (feminine singular quante, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)

1. how many; how much
   • 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 6, line 8:

     Quant ils orent chevauchier ne sçay quantes iournees

     When they had ridden for I don't know how many days

     (please note, the first word 'quant' corresponds to etymology 2 below)

• quant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

From Old French quant, from Latin quando, see quand.

quant

1. Alternative form of quand

From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.

quant m (feminine singular quanta, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantas)

1. (interrogative) how many; how much

quant

1. (interrogative) how many; how much

• qant

From Latin quandō.

quant

1. when

quant

1. (interrogative) when

• Middle French: quand, quant
  • French: quand