Synonyms for quota
ˈkwoʊ təquo·ta

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. quotanoun

   A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

   Synonyms:
   quotum, apportionment, allocation, allotment

Princeton's WordNet

1. quotanoun

   a prescribed number

   "all the salesmen met their quota for the month"

2. quotanoun

   a proportional share assigned to each participant

3. quotanoun

   a limitation on imports

   "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated"

Matched Categories

1. • Allotment
   • Number
   • Trade Barrier

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. quotanoun

   Synonyms:
   portion, share, contingent, proportion, proportional part

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1. quotanoun

   Synonyms:
   portion, share, allotment, apportionment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "quota":

   quotas, contingent, quotient, share, contingente, contingents, assessments, proportion, troop

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How to use quota in a sentence?

1. Roger Wicker:

   The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota.

2. Calvin Yang:

   I think the fact I'm Asian American plays a pretty big factor into why I was rejected, the admissions officer had -- I don't know for sure -- but either a hard or soft quota on the number of incoming Asian American students into the Harvard Class of 2025.

3. Lukas Erichsen:

   Indeed who would be prosecuted or fined should over 500 be killed in the next two years ? No doubt if over 500 were killed in a year then those responsible would claim they did not realize that the pod was so big until it was driven into the shallows and the dolphins killed, this new' quota' is meaningless for dolphins in the long run and has only hastily been announced as a thinly-veiled attempt to deceive both politicians and the press in the face of continued outrage over the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands.

4. Helmut Marko:

   Liberty expects a loss of $ 200-300m in revenue, and this is also transferred to the teams in a quota. That is why Formula One teams decided to take these austerity measures to make up for this loss of revenue.

5. Zhang Haoyue:

   Everybody is waiting to see, but I don't think the quota on imported movies will be lifted.