quota

English

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Pronunciation

• (US, GenAm) IPA: /ˈkwoʊtə/

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.
   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, 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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

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

• Arabic: كوتة (ar) (kōta) f
• Danish: kvote (da)
• Finnish: kiintiö (fi)
• German: Quote (de) f
• Hiligaynon: kuota

• Polish: dola (pl) f, przydział (pl) m
• Portuguese: cota (pt) f
• 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)
• Korean: 할당량 (ko)
• Polish: norma (pl) f
• 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