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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

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

Hyperliquid was founded three years ago by Jeff Yan, a former quant trader at high-frequency trading firm Hudson River Trading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Wall Street brings sophisticated quant trading to the masses.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

In the studio and in meetings, Shulman has the restless energy of a kid—pacing around a room or fidgeting with a piano keyboard or bass guitar—combined with the intellectual affect of a quant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 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

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