quo·ta
(kw
t
)
KEY
NOUN:
- A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment.
- A production assignment.
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- A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting or designated as an upper limit:
a country with strict annual immigration quotas.
- A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting a required or targeted minimum:
a system of quotas for hiring minority applicants.
ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin, from Latin
quota (pars),
how large (a part), feminine of
quotus,
of what number ; see
quote
