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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. Eugen Weinberg:

    We are also hopeful that OPEC will agree on a stricter quota discipline at its December meeting.

  2. Stanley Goldfarb:

    If you go back into the 1920s and thirties, it was Jews that were excluded as a definite category. And there was an interesting study done several years ago where someone wrote to the medical schools of the various medical schools around the country, and they acknowledged the fact that they had limited the number of Jewish applicants that they would accept. So … we totally reject this, we think that admission to medical schools should be based on merit and merit alone. And that and there are plenty of African-American students who are highly qualified and are worthy of admission to medical school, and they should be admitted to medical school if they so desire to enter medical school – but on the basis of the fact that they've achieved what they've achieved, not because of some desire to create some sort of quota system in medicine where every medical school class perfectly reflects the population in the United States. And even if one tries to do that … it ends up excluding many people – typically South Asians and East Asian individuals are the ones who end up getting excluded.

  3. Mario Vincent:

    We see the quota system a bit like buying a franchise from McDonald's, it ensures that you won't have 10 McDonald's within a certain population. It makes sure you will have a guaranteed market.

  4. 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.

  5. Larry Shover:

    The energy market is finally coming to its senses that OPEC is putting out more oil than their quota, while U.S. production is cutting back. But you have to realize those cuts aren’t going to balance the market…there’s still a lot of supply.

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