quota C1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ˈkwoʊ.tə/ UK /ˈkwəʊ.tə/ See IPA manual Freq #14564 Meanings 1 noun A fixed amount or share that someone is expected or allowed to have or produce. The sales team met their monthly quota ahead of schedule. 2 noun An official limit on the amount of something that can be imported or produced. The government set a strict quota on foreign car imports. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a fixed amount or share... allocationallotment Word family Forms quotas Derived forms antiquotanonquotaquota-hoppingquotaismquotalessquotalike Etymology AI details From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota. quota pars Latin quota Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # quota **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkwoʊ.tə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkwəʊ.tə/ **Frequency rank:** 14564 ## Meanings 1. A fixed amount or share that someone is expected or allowed to have or produce. 2. An official limit on the amount of something that can be imported or produced. ## Examples - The sales team met their monthly quota ahead of schedule. - The government set a strict quota on foreign car imports. ## Derived Forms - antiquota - nonquota - quota-hopping - quotaism - quotaless - quotalike ## Roots and Affixes - Root: quota pars - Root: quota ## Etymology From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota. ## AI Etymology Quota comes from Latin quota pars; see Latin quota. The historical chain includes quota pars (Latin) and quota (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antiquota, nonquota, quota-hopping, and quotaism. In present use it covers a fixed amount or share that someone is expected or allowed to have or produce and an official limit on the amount of something that can be imported or produced. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown