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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

Related terms

• numerus clausus

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ta/, /kwɔ.ta/

Noun

quota m ‎(plural quotas)

1. quota

Anagrams

• toqua

Italian

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

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

References

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

Portuguese

Noun

quota f (plural quotas)

1. Alternative form of cota

Spanish

Noun

quota f ‎(plural quotas)

1. Obsolete spelling of cuota