Antonyms for quota


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwoh-tuh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwoʊ tə


Definition of quota

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Medieval Latin quota, from Latin quota pars "how large a part," from quota, fem. singular of quotus "which, what number (in sequence);" see quote (v.). Earliest reference is to contributions of soldiers or supplies levied from a town or district; immigration sense is from 1921.
  • noun portion allotted to something
Example sentences :
  • To this general excitement the strange case of Mr. Le Moyne had added its quota.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • In the Fourth ward, where he lives, there never was a man drafted to fill its quota.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • And to get that blood every Apexan must yield his quota in the temple.
  • Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg
  • He suddenly realized that he had exceeded his quota of questions, and that he could get into trouble.
  • Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
  • Every wood and field has its quota, and no place so barren but it has some bird to visit it.
  • Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs
  • A thing can only be so clean; there's no quota to fill and exceed.
  • Extract from : « But, I Don't Think » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • A penalty also fell on every parish failing to supply its quota.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • He takes the results of other people's inventive genius and adds his quota.
  • Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo
  • The buffalo range caught its quota of hard riders and hard shooters.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
  • Mrs. Morley also, and in a more genuine way, added her quota of praise.
  • Extract from : « A Coin of Edward VII » by Fergus Hume

Synonyms for quota

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