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Definitions for quota
ˈkwoʊ təquo·ta

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quotanoun

    a prescribed number

    "all the salesmen met their quota for the month"

  2. quotanoun

    a proportional share assigned to each participant

  3. quotanoun

    a limitation on imports

    "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated"

GCIDE

  1. Quotanoun

    a share of effort required to be performed, or a share of resources required to be contributed to some common purpose.

Wiktionary

  1. quotanoun

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

  2. quotanoun

    A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.

  3. quotanoun

    A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

  4. quotanoun

    Plural form of quotum.

  5. Etymology: From quota, from quota pars.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Quotanoun

    A share; a proportion as assigned to each.

    Etymology: quotus, Lat.

    Scarce one in this list but engages to supply a quota of brisk young fellows, equipt with hats and feathers. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. quota

    A quota is a predetermined limit or target on something, typically referring to a specific quantity or amount that can be produced, imported, acquired, or needed. This system is often used in international trade to limit the quantity of a particular commodity that can be imported or exported within a given period, in business targets for sales and production, or in immigration policies to limit the number of immigrants.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quotanoun

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

  2. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Quota

    kwō′ta, n. the part or share assigned to each.—n. Quot′ity (Carlyle), the number of individuals in a collection. [It.,—L. quotus, of what number?—quot, how many?]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. quota

    A proportional part or share; or the share, part, or proportion assigned to each. “Quota of troops and money.”

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'quota' in Nouns Frequency: #2413

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quota in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quota in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of quota in a Sentence

  1. Roger Wicker:

    The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota.

  2. Michael Isham:

    The DNR Natural Resources Board made clear that The DNR Natural Resources Board decision to set the wolf quota at 300 has nothing to do with science or stewardship.

  3. The United:

    These sales and any other transfer must immediately stop since the United States believes the DPRK has breached the ... refined petroleum products quota for 2018.

  4. Immigration Minister Inger Stojberg:

    It is the government's clear position that Denmark should not be part of any mandatory quota system where it is decided from Brussels how many asylum seekers we should take in Denmark, we do already take a significant co-responsibility and treat the asylum seekers here fairly.

  5. The United:

    If fully loaded at around 90 percent laden, DPRK tankers have delivered nearly triple the 2018 quota at 1,367,628 barrels.

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