quota

From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.

• (US, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwoʊtə/

quota (plural quotas)

1. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
2. A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).

3. (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

• (proportional part): allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum

• numerus clausus

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quota

1. Plural form of quotum

• IPA^(key): /k(w)ɔ.ta/

quota m (plural quotas)

1. quota

• “quota” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• toqua

quota f (plural quote)

1. share, amount, part
2. fee, instalment, dues
3. height, altitude, level
4. depth
5. quota

• quotare

quota

1. third-person singular present indicative of quotare
2. second-person singular imperative of quotare

quota

1. nominative feminine singular of quotus
2. nominative neuter plural of quotus
3. accusative neuter plural of quotus
4. vocative feminine singular of quotus
5. vocative neuter plural of quotus

quotā

1. ablative feminine singular of quotus

• quota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

quota f (plural quotas)

1. Alternative form of cota, exclusively in the sense of the english word quota, but not for the other uses of cota meaning he quotes or armour coat).

quota f (plural quotas)

1. Obsolete spelling of cuota