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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The Fed slowed QT because the standing repo facility, their emergency lending window, started lighting up like a pinball machine.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025
“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 • Nov. 18, 2025
Wilson thinks the market was hoping for a more immediate end for QT, and “the proof will be in the pudding, in our view, as we monitor how short term funding markets behave.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
Brownback will be looking for how quickly the Fed might stop QT and what that may mean for the mix of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities on its balance sheet.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
And yet—the QT models were the first of their kind, and this was the first of the QT’s.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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