QUOTA
What does "QUOTA" mean?
A fixed share, limit, or target number assigned to a person, group, or activity.
Meanings
- A prescribed maximum amount or number allowed. The fishing quota caps each boat at two tons of cod a day.
- A target number a person or team is expected to reach. The sales rep hit her monthly quota a week early.
- A proportional share required of, or due to, each member of a group. Each region must supply its quota of volunteers.
Word origin
From Latin 'quota pars', meaning 'how great a part', from the feminine of 'quotus' (of what number); shortened in medieval Latin to 'quota'.
Remember it
QUOTA hides the question QUOT-? from Latin 'quotus' = 'how many?' - a quota is literally the answer to 'how many.'
A little poem
A number waits at every door,
counting what you owe, or score-
and never, ever, asking more of more.
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Wordplay
- I told my boss I'd met my quota of honesty for the year. He asked when I'd started. I said never.
What it teaches
A number can ration a harvest or a hope - watch carefully who gets to set the limit.
Quick facts
What does QUOTA mean?
A fixed share, limit, or target number assigned to a person, group, or activity.
Is QUOTA a valid word?
Yes — QUOTA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is QUOTA?
QUOTA has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does QUOTA come from?
From Latin 'quota pars', meaning 'how great a part', from the feminine of 'quotus' (of what number); shortened in medieval Latin to 'quota'.
What can QUOTA teach us?
A number can ration a harvest or a hope - watch carefully who gets to set the limit.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.