Quota Definition

kwōtə
quotas
noun
A share or proportion which each of a number is called upon to contribute, or which is assigned to each; proportional share.
Webster's New World
A production assignment.
American Heritage
The number or proportion that is allowed or admitted.
Immigration quotas.
Webster's New World
A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting a required or targeted minimum.
A system of quotas for hiring minority applicants.
American Heritage

A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Quota

Noun

Singular:
quota
Plural:
quotas

Origin of Quota

  • Medieval Latin from Latin quota (pars) how large (a part) feminine of quotus of what number quote

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin quota, from Latin quota pars.

    From Wiktionary

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