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quota
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quota \Quo"ta\ (kw[=o]"t[.a]), n. [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 .] A proportional part or share; the share or proportion ...
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from Medieval Latin quota , from Latin quota pars "how large a part," from quota , fem. singular of quotus "which, what number (in sequence);" see quote (v.). Earliest reference is to contributions of soldiers or supplies levied from a town or district; ...
Usage examples of quota.
They addressed his majesty to interpose with his allies that they might increase their quotas of land forces, to be put on board the fleet in proportion to the numbers his majesty should embark.
I should need 800 or 900 pullets to make our quota good, for most of the older hens would have to be disposed of in the autumn,--all but about 200, which would be kept until the following spring to breed from.
Last cycle, in the third sector, one Myal Thorkenson actually doubled his quota.
Effective the first of May, oxy quotas in all commercial buildings are reduced by ten per cent.
Always a fancier of panatelas, Cranston purchased a quota of the thin cigars.
He was doing very nicely in this heavily populated area, with its regular weddings and a full quota of girls wishful to be photographed as potential pin-up dollies somewhat saucier than the swimsuit beauties of the war.
The British police forces had only been given a quota of four secondees altogether and I was only twenty-five, black, and a woman.
At another angle, powerful dredges were working overtime to supply the lime kiln and the slaker with their quota of crushed oyster shells.
Stantington checked his pedometer and found that he had already walked one and a half miles of his ten-mile daily quota.
And how the poundage was under for that mission, and how the quota had to be revised in all the other districts, and how some men had to go to the Grind who were not listed by LOCAL DECISION.
From the viewpoint of a rationing system a middleman who distributes the product in violation and disregard of the prescribed quotas is an inefficient and wasteful conduct.
The current congressional redistricting effort is nothing more than political gerrymandering of racial quotas in specific districts to secure a Democratic majority in Congress.
Through those had fizzed the full quota of carbon monoxide produced by a spluttery motor that had an ill-regulated carburetor.
Flushed and dull of eye, Stillworth had obviously exceeded his normal quota of Bourbon this evening.
However, God helps those who help themselves, so this time, Torps, you can add your quota of assistance to the cause.