plural quants
: an expert at analyzing and managing quantitative data

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In early 2023, for instance, quants loaded up on US stocks on the heels of the S&P 500’s 19% drop in 2022, until volatility spiked in March of that year during the regional banking tumult. Jessica Menton, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025 In three years, murders fell by around half in New York, other violent crimes also declined, and Bratton became the face of the new police chief: a technocrat who brought quants to law enforcement. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025 Hedge funds and commodity traders have led the charge to lure top weather quants to work. Bill Conerly, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 Like master poker players sitting at a table with rubes, Wall Street’s quants and algorithmic traders like Citadel not only profit from Robinhood's customers' trades, but use the large amount of retail trading data from these purchases to anticipate market moves and profit. Javier Paz, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quant

Word History

Etymology

short for quantitative (analyst)

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of quant was in 1979

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“Quant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quant. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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