qt.
abbreviation
quantity.
qt.
1 Americanabbreviation
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
To PX snack bars he sold, at 21.5� per qt., 250,000 qts. of chocolate milk monthly, all labeled "minimum butter fat content 2.6%."
From Time Magazine Archive
It uses 240,000 qt. of milk and three carloads of sugar a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though the irrigation has to be repeated over several hours with a total of about 20 qt. of fluid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boil down to 1 qt., cooking 3 hours.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
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