quant

plural quants

1. uncountableQuantitative 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. countablebusinessA 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

3. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of quantity.
4. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of quantifier.

1. abbreviationclippingnot comparableClipping of quantifiable.
2. abbreviationclippingnot comparableClipping of quantitative.

   Finally, in the school of education, I found coursework that included qual and quant methodology.

   2012, Judith M. Meloy, Twenty-first Century Learning by Doing, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, page 24

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.

present singular third person quants · participle present quanting · participle past quanted · past quanted

1. intransitivetransitiveTo propel using a quant.

plural Quants

1. A surname from Middle English.