quota

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English

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Etymology

From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.

Pronunciation

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

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quota pars. Doublet of cota, a semi-learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

quota f (plural quotes)

  1. share, portion (of a shared payment)
  2. 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.
  3. (business) quota

Further reading

Chinese

Etymology

From English quota.

Pronunciation

Noun

quota

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) quota (prescribed maximum amount); limit (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

quota

  1. plural of quotum

French

Pronunciation

Noun

quota m (plural quotas)

  1. quota

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Hyphenation: quò‧ta

Etymology 1

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Noun

quota f (plural quote)

  1. share, amount, part
  2. fee, instalment/installment, dues
  3. height, altitude, level
  4. depth
  5. quota
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

quota

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

Latin

Etymology 1

From quota pars. See quotus.

Pronunciation

Noun

quota f (genitive quotae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) A percentage of yield owed to the authority as a form of taxation
  2. (New Latin) A quota, a proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quota quotae
Genitive quotae quotārum
Dative quotae quotīs
Accusative quotam quotās
Ablative quotā quotīs
Vocative quota quotae

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

quota

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

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
  • Hyphenation: quo‧ta

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
  2. dues; membership fees

Spanish

Noun

quota f (plural quotas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cuota
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