quota

n.

1. A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment.
2. A production assignment.
3. 1. A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting or designated as an upper limit: a country with strict annual immigration quotas.
   2. A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting a required or targeted minimum: a system of quotas for hiring minority applicants.

[Medieval Latin, from Latin quota (pars), how large (a part), feminine of quotus, of what number. See quote.]

In the context of international trade, this is a limit put on the amount of a specific good that can be imported.

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1. Predetermined goal in a sales program established as a total dollar amount, as a percentage of increase over sales from a previous time, or in quantities of merchandise sold.

2. Predetermined goal in a media plan established in terms of money to be spent, gross rating points to be achieved, or number of insertions and spots to be bought.

3. see quota sample.

1. Predetermined goal in a sales program established as a total dollar amount, as a percentage of increase over sales from a previous time, or in quantities of merchandise sold.

2. Predetermined goal in a media plan established in terms of money to be spent, gross rating points to be achieved, or number of insertions and spots to be bought.

3. see Quota Sample.

noun

That which is allotted: allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, ration, share, split. Informal cut. Slang divvy. See collect/distribute.

A fixed level indicating the maximum amount of imported goods or persons which the state will allow in—import quota—or out—export quota—in a given period of time. It may also refer to limits on production in an economy.

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The portion of a whole that belongs to one person. In agriculture it usually refers to a share of a market, e.g. Australia's quota of the USA's beef market.

• q. sampling — see quota sampling.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kvota, antal, kontingent

Nederlands (Dutch)
quota, contingent, studentenstop

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Comm, EC) quota, part, quote-part

Deutsch (German)
n. - Quote, Kontingent, Zulassungsbeschränkung, maximale Einwanderungsquote

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάλογο μερίδιο, μερίδα, ποσοστό, (αριθμητική) αναλογία, δικαιούμενο ποσοστό

Italiano (Italian)
quota, contingente, aliquota

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quota (f)

Русский (Russian)
квота

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuota, contingente, cupo, numerus clausus

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvot, fördelningskvot, andel, kontingent, tilldelning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
配额, 限额

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 配額, 限額

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 몫, 배당, 할당액

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 分け前, 定数, 定員, 割り当て
v. - 割り当てる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كوتا, حصه نسبيه, كميه محددة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מכסה, כמות מוגבלת‬

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