quan ‧ ti ‧ fi ‧ er /ˈkwɒntəfaɪə, ˈkwɒntɪfaɪə $ ˈkwɑːntəfaɪər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
technical a word or phrase such as ‘much’, ‘few’, or ‘a lot of’ that is used with a noun to show quantity
quan ‧ ti ‧ fi ‧ er /ˈkwɒntəfaɪə, ˈkwɒntɪfaɪə $ ˈkwɑːntəfaɪər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
technical a word or phrase such as ‘much’, ‘few’, or ‘a lot of’ that is used with a noun to show quantity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012