meaning of "Quantity" in this sentence:
She lives with her husband, David, a Quantity and their daughter, Sorcha born in 2005

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I would think that this is a typo, and it should say "quantity surveyor".

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Hello Pablo,
Yeh ,Neal is absolutely right !

Her husband David could be a "known quantity" *
to her and the typo would be the missing "known" in this case, yet it doesn't even fit in this context.

* to be a known quantity is to be someone whose character, personality, and behavior are recognized and understood.

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