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quota

/ˈkwəʊ.tə/ UK
/ˈkwoʊ.tə/ Canada, US
[ˈkwoʊ.ɾə] Canada, US
/ˈkwəʉ.tə/ Australia
[ˈkwəʉ.ɾə] Australia
/ˈkwɐʉ.tə/ New Zealand
[ˈkwɐʉ.ɾə] New Zealand
/ˈk(w)oʈɑ/ South Asia

Rhymes with -əʊtə, -oʊtə

Where it comes from

From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.

noun quotas

A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Similar: allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum
A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal. The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman w
A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: portion, share, allotment, allocation, ration, rationing, fraction, amount, tranche, rate, proportion, contribution, rating, base, part, assessment

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Every language

noun proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division

Español	cuota
Português	cota, quota
Deutsch	Quote, Anteil, Teilmenge
Română	cotă
Русский	до́ля dólja, кво́та kvóta
العربية	حِصَّة ḥiṣṣa, سَهْم sahm, نِسْبَة nisba

noun prescribed number or percentage

한국어	할당량 haldangnyang, 쿼터 kwoteo
日本語	割当 wariate, 割り当て wariate, クォータ kwōta
中文	配額 /配额 pèi'é
Deutsch	Quote, Kontingent, (gleiche) Teilmenge
Italiano	quota
Русский	кво́та kvóta, но́рма nórma
العربية	حِصَّة ḥiṣṣa, نَصِيب مُقَرَّر naṣīb muqarrar, حِصَّة مُخَصَّصَة ḥiṣṣa muḵaṣṣaṣa

noun form of protectionism

Español	cuota de importación, contingente
Português	quota
Français	quota
Deutsch	Quote, Zuteilung, Kontingent, Beschränkung
Italiano	contingente
Русский	кво́та kvóta, ограниче́ние ograničénije

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@misc{quota_2026,
  title = {quota},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quota},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}