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English

Etymology

From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.

Pronunciation

• (US, General American) IPA^(key): /?kwo?t?/

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.
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3. (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• numerus clausus

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

quota

1. Plural form of quotum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.ta/, /kw?.ta/

Noun

quota m (plural quotas)

1. quota

Further reading

• “quota” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• toqua

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?.ta/

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. inflection of quotare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

• quota: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?o.ta/, [?k??t?ä]
• quota: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwo.ta/, [?kw??t??]
• quot?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?o.ta?/, [?k??t?ä?]
• quot?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kwo.ta/, [?kw??t??]

Adjective 1

quota

1. inflection of quotus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective 2

quot?

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, exclusively in the sense of the english word quota, but not for the other uses of cota meaning he quotes or armour coat).

Spanish

Noun

quota f (plural quotas)

1. Obsolete spelling of cuota