Associations to the word «Quota»

Wiktionary

QUOTA, noun. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
QUOTA, noun. A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
QUOTA, noun. (business) (economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

Dictionary definition

QUOTA, noun. A prescribed number; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month".
QUOTA, noun. A proportional share assigned to each participant.
QUOTA, noun. A limitation on imports; "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats