Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment.
- n. A production assignment.
- n. A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting or designated as an upper limit: a country with strict annual immigration quotas.
- n. A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting a required or targeted minimum: a system of quotas for hiring minority applicants.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each; any required or proportionate single contribution to a total sum, number, or quantity.
Wiktionary
- n. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- n. A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
- n. business, economics A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- n. a share of effort required to be performed, or a share of resources required to be contributed to some common purpose.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a proportional share assigned to each participant
- n. a prescribed number
- n. a limitation on imports
Etymologies
- From Latin quota, from Latin quota pars. (Wiktionary)
- Medieval Latin, from Latin quota (pars), how large (a part), feminine of quotus, of what number; see quote. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Sometimes only a certain quota is allowed to be taken and then there is more conflict.”
“For example if his ten reps have all been on board for 6 months and the annual quota is 1M Usd, then we should have 2. 5M/quarter in quota laid off and we should expect 2. 5M X .70 = 1. 750M.”
“Then I asked her if she'd ever been in a band before, but I guess she'd used up her word quota for the year because she just nodded and took off.”
“And on top of that, the quota is there so that they dont overfish and the alaskan king crab becomes extinct, i live in north pole alaska about 10min from fairbanks and ive been to dutch harbor, talked to the factory worker and all that.”
“They never use the word 'quota,' but the supervisors tell you what your beat is 'expected to produce' " in numbers of violations, explains the former PPA worker.”
“The "quota" is that proportion of the votes which necessarily secures the election of a candidate.”
“I know some people really aren't into the whole demonstrating in front of others or doing events or workshops, but that's the beauty of Stampin 'Up. The sales quota is just $300 every three months ... just $25 a week!”
“This won't be a massacre if the quota is held to, which it should be.”
“After the securities regulator issues a QFII license, a foreign investor must obtain an investment quota from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange before making any investments.”
The Wall Street Journal: China Approves Investment License for Hong Kong
“If I were the old me, you'd still have a place in my life, but I have a new person in my life and my quota is full, so you've been lifted out?”
The Washington Post: Carolyn Hax: Overgroomed, she wants to let her hair down
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘quota’.
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INTA - WTO
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
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collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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election phrases and words
how election is used,everything
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webdev
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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cricket
everything cricket
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scrabble j q x z 4 and 5 letter words
revising for a competition 30 games
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5-Letter words with J, X, Q or Z
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Vocabulary
shibboleth, verboten, jejune, ostensible, multifarious, quintessence, purportedly, tangential, vacillate, quagmire, wanton, onerous and 74 more...
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AGRI - sugar sector
Terms used in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy referring to policy issues in the sugar sector.
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Economists do it with models
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Latinate
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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European World Systems
europe, colonization, defense, barter, feudalism, gunpowder, technology, guns, domination, lords, monarchs, transition and 250 more...
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The DEADLIEST Catch
All the words I keep hearing now that Season 4 has launched. WOOOO!!
Edit: Amended list to include other fishing terms (not necessarily crab-fishing, not necessarily heard on Deadliest...bering sea, launch, pot, bait, icy, dutch harbor, processing, greenhorn, coast guard, survival suit, opilio, king crab and 65 more...
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Q-Tips
mmm... tasty
qat, maqui, quays, quite, qua, pique, quean, quits, aqua, qaids, queen, quods and 76 more...
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Favorite Words
Words I like :)
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