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Dictionary: quo·ta   (kwō') pronunciation
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.
    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.]


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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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Quotas are used to prevent other countries from "dumping."

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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.

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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.


In international trade, a government-imposed limit on the quantity of goods and services that may be exported or imported over a specified period of time. Quotas are more effective than tariffs in restricting trade, since they limit the availability of goods rather than simply increasing their price. By limiting foreign goods, a quota aims to allow domestic goods to compete more successfully, though the price of the goods may also rise. Quotas restricting trade were first imposed on a large scale during World War I. In the 1920s, quotas were progressively abolished and replaced by tariffs, but their use was revived in the wave of protectionism set off by the Great Depression. After World War II, the western European countries began a gradual dismantling of quantitative import restrictions, but the U.S. was slower to discard them. See also free trade; GATT.

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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.

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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Quota.

Quota may refer to:

A level business

Affirmative action

Computing

Electoral systems

Military

Trade

Industry

See also

  • Quota share, distribution of a quota amongst individual entities

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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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