quota
English
Etymology
From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.
Pronunciation
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Audio (RP): (file) - Rhymes: -oʊtə
Noun
quota (plural quotas)
- A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- 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[1]:
- 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).
- 2020 October 30, "Olimar's Assignment", in Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, day 3: River:
- Captain Olimar: 'We have to work harder on finding some truly valuable treasures. The sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.'
- (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
Synonyms
- (proportional part): allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum
Related terms
Translations
prescribed number or percentage
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form of protectionism
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin quota pars. Doublet of cota, a semi-learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
quota f (plural quotes)
- share, portion (of a shared payment)
- fee, dues
- La quota per ser soci és de 35 euros anuals per família. ― The fee to be a member is 35 euros a year per family.
- (business) quota
Further reading
- “quota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kou1 taa2 / kou1 taa4 / kwou1 taa2 / kwou1 taa4
- Yale: kōu tá / kōu tàh / kwōu tá / kwōu tàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kou1 taa2 / kou1 taa4 / kwou1 taa2 / kwou1 taa4
- Guangdong Romanization: kou1 ta2 / kou1 ta4 / kuou1 ta2 / kuou1 ta4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /kʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/, /kʷʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /kʷʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
quota
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) quota (prescribed maximum amount); limit (Classifier: 個/个)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
quota
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of quotum
French
Pronunciation
Noun
quota m (plural quotas)
Further reading
- “quota”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
quota f (plural quote)
Derived terms
Verb
quota
- inflection of quotare:
Latin
Pronunciation
- quota: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷo.ta/, [ˈkʷɔt̪ä]
- quota: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]
- quotā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷo.taː/, [ˈkʷɔt̪äː]
- quotā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) quota
- inflection of quotus:
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) quotā
References
- quota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
quota f (plural quotas)
- 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)
- dues; membership fees
Spanish
Noun
quota f (plural quotas)
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