quota
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwəʊtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwoʊtə/, [ˈkwoʊɾə]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkwəʉtə/, [ˈkwəʉɾə]
- Rhymes: -əʊtə, -oʊtə
Noun edit
quota (plural quotas)
- A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
- 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).
- 2020 October 30, "Olimar's Assignment", in Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, day 3: River:
- Captain Olimar: 'We have to work harder on finding some truly valuable treasures. The sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.'
- (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
Synonyms edit
- (proportional part): allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
prescribed number or percentage
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form of protectionism
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See also edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin quota pars. Doublet of cota, a semi-learned borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quota f (plural quotes)
- share, portion (of a shared payment)
- fee, dues
- La quota per ser soci és de 35 euros anuals per família. ― The fee to be a member is 35 euros a year per family.
- (business) quota
Further reading edit
- “quota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quota
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) quota (prescribed maximum amount); limit (Classifier: 個/个 c)
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Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
quota
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quota m (plural quotas)
Further reading edit
- “quota”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
quota f (plural quote)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
quota
- inflection of quotare:
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From quota pars. See quotus.
Pronunciation edit
- quota: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷo.ta/, [ˈkʷɔt̪ä]
- quota: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]
Noun edit
quota f (genitive quotae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) A percentage of yield owed to the authority as a form of taxation
- (New Latin) A quota, a proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | quota | quotae |
Genitive | quotae | quotārum |
Dative | quotae | quotīs |
Accusative | quotam | quotās |
Ablative | quotā | quotīs |
Vocative | quota | quotae |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- quota: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷo.ta/, [ˈkʷɔt̪ä]
- quota: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]
Adjective edit
quota
References edit
- quota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
- Hyphenation: quo‧ta
Noun edit
quota f (plural quotas)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
quota f (plural quotas)