# quota
## English
### Etymology

From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkwəʊtə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US, General American) IPA: /ˈkwoʊtə/, [ˈkwoʊɾə]
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈkwəʉtə/, [ˈkwəʉɾə]
* Rhymes: -əʊtə, -oʊtə

### Noun

quota (plural quotas)
* A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
* A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
** 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎: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 when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).
** 2020 October 30, "Olimar's Assignment", in Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, day 3: River:
    Captain Olimar: 'We have to work harder on finding some truly valuable treasures. The sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.'
* (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

#### Synonyms

* (proportional part): allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum

#### Derived terms

* quota-hopping
* quota quickie
* quota refugee

#### Translations
### See also

* numerus clausus

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quota pars. Doublet of cota, a semi-learned borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkwɔ.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkwɔ.ta]

### Noun

quota f (plural quotes)
* share, portion (of a shared payment)
* fee, dues
    La quota per ser soci és de 35 euros anuals per família. ― The fee to be a member is 35 euros a year per family.
* (business) quota

### Further reading

* “quota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English quota.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kou$^1$ taa$^2$ / kou$^1$ taa$^4$ / kwou$^1$ taa$^2$ / kwou$^1$ taa$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kou$^1$ taa$^2$ / kou$^1$ taa$^4$ / kwou$^1$ taa$^2$ / kwou$^1$ taa$^4$
*** Yale: kōu tá / kōu tàh / kwōu tá / kwōu tàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kou$^1$ taa$^2$ / kou$^1$ taa$^4$ / kwou$^1$ taa$^2$ / kwou$^1$ taa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kou$^1$ ta$^2$ / kou$^1$ ta$^4$ / kuou$^1$ ta$^2$ / kuou$^1$ ta$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /kʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/, /kʷʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː³⁵/, /kʷʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰaː²¹/

### Noun

quota
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) quota (prescribed maximum amount); limit (Classifier: 個／个 c)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

quota
* plural of quotum

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ.ta/, /kwɔ.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

quota m (plural quotas)
* quota

### Further reading

* “quota”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* toqua

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwɔ.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔta
* Hyphenation: quò‧ta

### Etymology 1

Derived from Latin quota.

#### Noun

quota f (plural quote)
* share, amount, part
* fee, instalment/installment, dues
* height, altitude, level
* depth
* quota

##### Derived terms

* quotare

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

quota
* inflection of quotare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* quota in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From quota pars. See quotus.

#### Pronunciation

* quota: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʷo.ta/, [ˈkʷɔt̪ä]
* quota: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]

#### Noun

quota f (genitive quotae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) A percentage of yield owed to the authority as a form of taxation
* (New Latin) A quota, a proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* quota: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʷo.ta/, [ˈkʷɔt̪ä]
* quota: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]

#### Adjective

quota
* inflection of quotus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
* ablative feminine singular of quotus

### References

* "quota", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwɔ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
* Hyphenation: quo‧ta

### Noun

quota f (plural quotas)
* Alternative form of cota, exclusively in the sense of the English word quota, but not for the other uses of cota meaning he quotes or armour coat
* dues; membership fees

## Spanish
### Noun

quota f (plural quotas)
* Obsolete spelling of cuota.