 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quota \Quo"ta\ (kw[=o]"t[.a]), noun [LL., fr. L. quota (sc. pars),
fr. quotus which or what in number, of what number, how many,
fr. quot how many, akin to quis, qui, who: cf. It. quota a
share. See {Who}.]
1. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion
assigned to each in a division. ''Quota of troops and
money.'' --Motley.
2. a share of effort required to be performed, or a share of
resources required to be contributed to some common
purpose.
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "quota":
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
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