qt.
abbreviation
quantity.
qt.
1 Americanabbreviation
qt.,
plural
qts
plural
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quantity.
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quart.
q.t.
2
American
Or
Q.T.
abbreviation
Informal.
idioms
q.t.
1
British
abbreviation
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quiet
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secretly
qt
2
British
abbreviation
qt.
Scientific
Q.T.
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Etymology
Origin of q.t.
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Milk was 25 cents a qt., coffee cream 23 cents a half-pint.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Uncut rye was from $6.50 to $8 a qt. in Pennsylvania, from $3.08 to $4.25 in Canada.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small race mare does well to eat 8 or 9 qt. of oats a day, and 12 qt. are a lot for an above-average male.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since 1972, consumption has soared from 372 million to 611 million lbs. a year, or about 42 qt. per person.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sift together 1 qt. of sifted flour, 1 teaspoonful of salt and 3 level teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
From 365 Luncheon Dishes A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year by Anonymous
Files must be spirited from file-cabinets, client meetings taken on the q.t.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2015
My notion is this: You burn a shuck back to the Frying Pan and round up some of our friends on the q.t.
From Mavericks by Raine, William MacLeod
As he is working on the strict q.t.,
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Now then, Bennie," whispered Gus, "beat it on the q.t.
From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne
We’ve got to have a talk with them, 121 and it has to be on the q.t.
From Crooked Trails and Straight by Hutchison, D. C.
The necessary conversion factors are given in Table 1.6: 1 lb = 453.59 g; 1 L = 1.0567 qt; 1 L = 1,000 mL.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
A chemistry teacher needs to mix a 30% salt solution with a 70% salt solution to make 20 qt of a 40% salt solution.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
Waiting, barwork, labouring, field work, painting and decorating also do the trick: any sort of "homer" or "bit on the qt".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010
If the disturbance be multiplied 1000 fold in time, t, qt = 3loge 10 = 6.9, so that t = .79d3/2.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
Eggs, whole 6 Egg yolks 10 Milk 3 qt.
From Quantity Cookery Menu Planning and Cooking for Large Numbers by Richards, Lenore
“But viewed in the context of a less liquid environment where stress events are having a bigger impact, that is why I am nervous about Q.T. ramping up.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
“There are not any compelling signs that they won’t be able to continue Q.T. for a while,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
And I studied underneath Q.T. and paid attention on his sets.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
This is a profound self-revelation: Q.T. exposes a layer of herself beneath the butch demeanor, the part that still feels close to the Southern culture that has demeaned and rejected her.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2016
He's tired of skulking and wants me to sell that house his mother left him, strictly on the Q.T.
From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
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