quota
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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]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kou1 taa2 / kou1 taa4 / kwou1 taa2 / kwou1 taa4
- Yale: kōu tá / kōu tàh / kwōu tá / kwōu tàh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kou1 taa2 / kou1 taa4 / kwou1 taa2 / kwou1 taa4
- Guangdong Romanization: kou1 ta2 / kou1 ta4 / kuou1 ta2 / kuou1 ta4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /kʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/, /kʷʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /kʷʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
[edit]quota
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) quota (prescribed maximum amount); limit (Classifier: 個/个 c)
Dutch
[edit]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 Latin) 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 Latin) 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)
- 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
- dues; membership fees
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]quota f (plural quotas)
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