quota

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a limitation on imports

   The quota for Japanese imports was negotiated at the highest levels.

2. 2
   noun

   a proportional share assigned to each participant

   Your quota is $1000.

3. 3
   noun

   a prescribed number

   The sales team met their quota for the month.

4. 4
   noun

   A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.

   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).

5. 5
   noun

   A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

6. 6
   noun

   A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

Etymology

From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.