quota

== English == === Etymology === From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwəʊ.tə/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkwoʊ.tə/, [ˈkwoʊ.ɾə] (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkwəʉ.tə/, [ˈkwəʉ.ɾə] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkwɐʉ.tə/, [ˈkwɐʉ.ɾə] (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈk(w)oʈɑ/ Rhymes: -əʊtə, -oʊtə === Noun === 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. 2020 October 30, "Olimar's Assignment", in Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, day 3: River: (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity. ==== Synonyms ==== (proportional part): allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === numerus clausus == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin quota pars. Doublet of cota, a semi-learned borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈkwo̞.tə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkwɔ.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkwɔ.ta] === Noun === 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 === “quota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Chinese == === Etymology === From English quota. === Pronunciation === === Noun === quota (Hong Kong Cantonese) quota (prescribed maximum amount); limit (Classifier: 個／个 c) == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʋoː.taː/ Hyphenation: quo‧ta Rhymes: -oːtaː === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Medieval Latin quota, from quota pars. ==== Noun ==== quota m or f (plural quota's, no diminutive) synonym of quotum === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== quota plural of quotum === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “quota”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “quota”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.ta/, /kwɔ.ta/ (less common) === Noun === quota m (plural quotas) quota === Further reading === “quota”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === toqua == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwɔ.ta/ Rhymes: -ɔta Hyphenation: quò‧ta === Etymology 1 === Derived from Latin quota. ==== Noun ==== quota f (plural quote) share, amount, part fee, instalment/installment, dues height, altitude, level depth quota ===== Derived terms ===== quotare === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== quota inflection of quotare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === quota in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From quota pars. See quotus. ==== Pronunciation ==== quota: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɔ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɔː.ta] ==== Noun ==== 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 ===== First-declension noun. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== quota: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɔ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɔː.ta] ==== Adjective ==== quota inflection of quotus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ablative feminine singular of quotus === References === "quota", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔtɐ Hyphenation: quo‧ta === Noun === quota f (plural quotas) alternative spelling of cota (“quota”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “quota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “quota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === quota f (plural quotas) obsolete spelling of cuota