quota

English

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Etymology

From Latin quota, from Latin quota pars.

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division

Danish: kvote (da) Finnish: kiintiö (fi) German: Quote (de) f. Hiligaynon: kuota

Russian: доля (ru) (dólja) f., квота (ru) (kvóta) f. Spanish: cuota (es) f. Swedish: andel (sv) c., kvot (sv) c.

prescribed number or percentage

Chinese: Mandarin: 配額 (cmn), 配额 (cmn) (pèi'é) German: Quote (de) f.

Hiligaynon: kuota Japanese: 割当 (ja) (わりあて, wariate), 割り当て (ja) (わりあて, wariate), クォータ (ja) (kwōta) Russian: квота (ru) (kvóta) f., норма (ru) (nórma) f.

form of protectionism

German: Quote (de) f. Hiligaynon: kuota

Swedish: importkvot (sv) c., kvot (sv) c.

Related terms

• numerus clausus

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French

Noun

quota m. (plural quotas)

1. quota

Anagrams

• toqua

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Italian

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Noun

quota f. (plural quote)

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

Derived terms

• quotare

Verb

quota

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

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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