qty Definition

qty
abbreviation

1. Quantity.

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quantity
noun quantities

1. The property that things have that allows them to be measured or counted; size or amount.
2. A specified amount or number, etc.

Example: a tiny quantity
Thesaurus: amount, capacity, measure, portion, sum, total, aggregate, volume, weight.
3. Largeness of amount; bulk.

Example: buy in quantity
4. A large amount.

Example: quantities of food
Form: quantities
5. math.
A value that may be expressed as a number, or the symbol or figure representing it.
6. prosody.
The length or duration of a vowel sound or syllable.

Idiom: an unknown quantity

Someone or something whose importance or influence cannot be foreseen.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin quantitas, from quantus how much.