qt.

¹ American  

abbreviation

plural

qt., qts

1. quantity.

2. quart.

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q.t. ² American  

Or Q.T.

abbreviation

Informal.

1. quiet.

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idioms

1. on the q.t., stealthily; secretly.

   to meet someone on the q.t.

qt ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. quart

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q.t. ² British  

abbreviation

1. quiet

2. secretly

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qt. Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of quart

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Q.T. More Idioms  

1. see on the Q.T.

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Etymology

Origin of q.t.

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The Fed slowed QT because the standing repo facility, their emergency lending window, started lighting up like a pinball machine.

From MarketWatch

You make the Fed slowing QT sound ominous, but isn’t that good news?

From MarketWatch

QT was the Fed shrinking its balance sheet by letting bonds die of old age without replacing them.

From MarketWatch

The chart below shows the Fed repo facility usage timeline of the three major stress events: the 2019 repo crisis, the 2020 COVID-19 emergency and the current spike as reserves drain from the end of QT.

From MarketWatch

“With the conclusion of QT in sight—without a repeat of 2019’s spike in repo rates—an immediate risk to funding markets has been taken off the table,” he said.

From Barron's

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