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qt.

1 American  

abbreviation

qts plural

  1. quantity.

  2. quart.

q.t. 2 American  
Or Q.T.

abbreviation

Informal.

  1. quiet.

idioms

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

    to meet someone on the q.t.
q.t. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. quiet

  2. secretly

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qt 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. quart

"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
qt. Scientific  

  1. Abbreviation of quart

Q.T. More Idioms  

  1. see on the Q.T.

Etymology

Origin of q.t.

First recorded in 1905–10

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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