Quota Definition

kwōtə
quotas
noun
A share or proportion which each of a number is called upon to contribute, or which is assigned to each; proportional share.
Webster's New World
A production assignment.
American Heritage
The number or proportion that is allowed or admitted.
Immigration quotas.
Webster's New World
A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting a required or targeted minimum.
A system of quotas for hiring minority applicants.
American Heritage

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

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Noun

Singular:
quota
Plural:
quotas

Origin of Quota

  • Medieval Latin from Latin quota (pars) how large (a part) feminine of quotus of what number quote

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin quota, from Latin quota pars.

    From Wiktionary

Quota Sentence Examples

  • You've used up your quota of thank you's.

  • He waited, as if she'd reveal enough dirt to make his monthly quota then added, They'll probably suspend your license.

  • By the seizure and sale of Church lands, by th sale of state railways, by economy to the bone and on onc supreme occasion by an appeal to taxpayers to advance a years quota of the land-tax, he had met the most pressing engagements of that troublous period.

  • The records of the tribute are preserved in the so-called quota lists, which give the names of the cities and the proportion, one-sixtieth, of their several tributes, which was paid to Athena.

  • This quota is fixed for a period of years, and generally coincides with the duration of the customs and commercial treaty.

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