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quant

[kwahnt]

noun

Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.

Origin:
1985–90, Americanism; by clipping

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noun

Mary, born 1934, English fashion designer and entrepreneur.

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quant¹ (kwɒnt)

—n
1.	a long pole for propelling a boat, esp a punt, by pushing on the bottom of a river or lake

—vb
2.	to propel (a boat) with a quant

[C15: probably from Latin contus a pole, from Greek kontos]

quant² (kwɒnt)

—n
	informal a highly paid computer specialist with a degree in a quantitative science, employed by a financial house to predict the future price movements of securities, commodities, currencies, etc

[C20: from quantitative]

Quant (kwɒnt)

—n
	Mary. born 1934, British fashion designer, whose Chelsea Look of miniskirts and geometrically patterned fabrics dominated London fashion in the 1960s

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quant definition

n.
and quan. quantitative analysis. (Scientific and collegiate.) : I didn't study enough for my quant test.
n.
a technician who works in securities market analysis. : He was a quant on Wall Street for two years.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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