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quotas

quotas is the plural of quota.

Meaning of quota

Noun

quota (plural quotas)

  1. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
  2. 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...2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 30 Jan...
  3. A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

Questions about quotas

What is quotas the plural of?
Quotas is the plural of quota.

Words near quotas in the dictionary

  1. quotableness
  2. quotably
  3. quotaism
  4. quotaless
  5. quotalike
  6. quotas
  7. quotation
  8. quotation dash
  9. quotation dashes
  10. quotation mark
  11. quotation marks

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