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Webster 1913 Edition


Quota

Quo′ta

(kwō′tȧ)
,
Noun.
[LL., fr. L.
quota
(sc.
pars
), fr.
quotus
which or what in number, of what number, how many, fr.
quot
how many, akin to
quis
,
qui
, who: cf. It.
quota
a share. See
Who
.]
1.
A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Quota of troops and money.”
Motley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quota

QUO'TA

,
Noun.
[L. quotus.]
A just part or share; or the share, part or proportion assigned to each. Each state was ordered to furnish its quota of troops.

Definition 2024


quota

quota

English

Noun

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.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ta/, /kwɔ.ta/

Noun

quota m (plural quotas)

  1. quota

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Italian

Noun

quota f (plural quote)

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

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Verb

quota

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

Latin

Adjective

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

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Portuguese

Noun

quota f (plural quotas)

  1. Alternative form of cota

Spanish

Noun

quota f (plural quotas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cuota