quota
English
/ˈkwoʊtə/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (business) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
Etymology
Derived from Latin quota pars, quota.
Origin
Latin
quota
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiquota English
- nonquota English
- quotaism English
- quotaless English
- quotalike English
- quota Latin
- quota pars Latin
- quotus Latin
- kotta Hungarian
- cote French
- квота Russian
- cuota Spanish, Castilian
- kvote Norwegian Bokmål
- クォータ Japanese
- kvote Norwegian Nynorsk
- कोटा Hindi
- cota Galician
- โควตา Thai
- kota Cebuano