A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AMT

Sat, 30 Nov '24
Recipe fig.
Wed, 2 Oct '24
Qty.
Thu, 23 Nov '23
No. on a check
Thu, 28 Sep '23
Qty.
Tue, 25 Jul '23
Invoice abbr.
Tue, 23 Nov '21
Qty.
Thu, 4 Mar '21
Qty.