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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quota/ˈkwəʊtə/
▶noun
  • 1 a limited quantity of a product which may be produced, exported, or imported.
  • 2 a share of something that one is entitled to receive or bound to contribute.
  • 3 a fixed number of a group allowed to do something, e.g. immigrants to enter a country.
  • 4 (in a system of proportional representation) the minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate.
– origin C17: from med. L. quota (pars) ‘how great (a part)’, fem. of quotus, from quot ‘how many’.



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