quant
English
Etymology 1
Shortening.
Noun
quant (plural quants)
- (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.
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- Quantity.
- Quantifier.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
quant (plural quants)
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.
French
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “quant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Adjective
quant m (feminine singular quante, masculine plural quants, feminine plural quantes)
- how many; how much
- 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 6, line 8:(please note, the first word 'quant' corresponds to etymology 2 below)
- Quant ils orent chevauchier ne sçay quantes iournees
- When they had ridden for I don't know how many days
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References
- quant on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
Etymology 2
From Old French quant, from Latin quando, see quand.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan can, from Latin quantus.
Old French
Alternative forms
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