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  • q.s.
    q.s.
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) as much as is sufficient; enough.
  • qs
    qs
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) quantum sufficit
  • QS
    QS
    abbreviation
    quarter sessions

q.s.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) as much as is sufficient; enough.

q.s. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. quarter section.

qs 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) quantum sufficit

  2. quarter section (of land)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
QS 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. quarter sessions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of q.s.

From Latin quantum sufficit

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