Dictionary Definition
quota
Noun
1 a prescribed number; "all the salesmen met
their quota for the month"
2 a proportional share assigned to each
participant
3 a limitation on imports; "the quota for
Japanese imports was negotiated"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- A time-measured goal for production or achievement.
- business in trade A form of protectionism used to restrict the import of something to a specific quantity. (Sawyer & Sprinkle, International Economics, 2nd Edition , 2003, p 157)
Synonyms
Translations
proportional part or share; share or proportion
assigned to each in a division
- German: Quote
time-measured goal for production or achievement
- German: Quote
form of protectionism
- German: Quote
Related terms
Italian
Derived terms
Verb
quota- Form of Third-person singular present tense, quotare
- Form of Second-person singular imperative, quotare
Extensive Definition
wiktp quota Quota may refer to:
Affirmative action
Computing
Electoral systems
Military
Trade
- Import quota, is a type of protectionist trade restriction
- Individual fishing quota
See also
- Quota share, distribution of a quota amongst individual entities
quota in German: Quota
quota in Italian: Quota
quota in Japanese: クオーター
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adjunct, allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment,
arithmetical proportion, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, budget, chunk, commission, component, contingent, continued
fraction, cross section, cut, deal, destiny, detachment, detail, divide, dividend, division, divvy, dole, end, equal share, equity, fate, fraction, geometric ratio,
half, halver, harmonic proportion,
helping, improper
fraction, installment, interest, item, lot, measure, meed, mess, modicum, moiety, parcel, part, particular, percent, percentage, piece, portion, proportion, prorate, quadrant, quantum, quarter, quotum, rake-off, random sample,
rate, ratio, ration, remainder, rule of three,
sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, share, shift, slice, small share, stake, stock, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies