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nonquota

nonquota adjective: not included in, or not subject to, a quota.

Adjective

nonquota (not comparable)

  1. Not included in, or not subject to, a quota.
    • a nonquota immigrant
    • More "nonquota" teachers--teachers not assigned to a classroom but to a special program—are allotted magnet schools than segregated schools[…].1988 January 29, Steve Bogira, “School Desegregation”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nonquota

From non- + quota.

Questions about nonquota

What does nonquota mean?
Nonquota means not included in, or not subject to, a quota.
What part of speech is nonquota?
Nonquota is an adjective.

Words near nonquota in the dictionary

  1. nonquiescent
  2. nonquiet
  3. nonquinine
  4. nonquitter
  5. nonquitters
  6. nonquota
  7. nonquotative
  8. nonquoted
  9. nonquranic
  10. nonrabbinic
  11. nonrabbinical

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