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  quant

  noun

  quantitative analysis.
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  Quant

  noun

  Dame Mary Barbara Mary Quant, 1930–2023, English fashion designer and entrepreneur: often credited as the principal designer of the miniskirt in the 1960s.

quant

¹ American  

[kwahnt] / kwɑnt /

noun

1. quantitative analysis.

2. Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.

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Quant ² American  

[kwahnt] / kwɑnt /

noun

1. Dame Mary Barbara Mary Quant, 1930–2023, English fashion designer and entrepreneur: often credited as the principal designer of the miniskirt in the 1960s.

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quant ¹ British  

/ kwɒnt /

noun

1. a long pole for propelling a boat, esp a punt, by pushing on the bottom of a river or lake

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verb

1. to propel (a boat) with a quant

Quant ² British  

/ kwɒnt /

noun

1. Mary. born 1934, British fashion designer, whose Chelsea Look of miniskirts and geometrically patterned fabrics dominated London fashion in the 1960s

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quant ³ British  

/ kwɒnt /

noun

1. informal a highly paid computer specialist with a degree in a quantitative science, employed by a financial house to predict the future price movements of securities, commodities, currencies, etc

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Etymology

Origin of quant

An Americanism dating back to 1985–90; by clipping

Example Sentences

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Then he tried an internship at Optiver, a leading quant firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

So-called quant firms, which use sophisticated mathematical models to come up with trades, have for years wooed top young talent with lucrative compensation that big banks struggle to match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Like many quant firms, Jane Street has long relied on machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, to build the trading models that dictate its moves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Garrett DeSimone, head quant at OptionMetrics, said it has led the dispersion trade to “become a bit overcrowded,” which adds to the market’s “frothiness.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

“At the ratings agencies the corporate credit people are the least bad,” says a quant who engineered mortgage bonds for Morgan Stanley.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Quant returns have been uneven in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Quant funds are now the most sought-after category for the first time in its records, a report from Goldman Sachs sales and trading desk found.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

Quant strategy is a neutral tool, but "in China, it's being used to provide liquidity to the bad guys," he said, referring to listed firms with poor governance.

From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023

Chimps Robbie and Sebcoe had been born in the park and were "like family" to Jon Quant, who grew up at the zoo after it was opened by his grandfather, Idris Hale.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023

Whan thou art possessed, thou hast good earnes: whan thou hast non earnes, thou art nat Quant tu es nantis, tu as bonnes arres: quant tu nas nulles arres, tu nes point possessed. nantis.

From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles

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