α. 1600s– quota, 1600s– quoto (chiefly U.S. regional), 1700s cotta, 1700s qotta.
β. 1600s quotae (plural).
quotan.
/ˈkwəʊtə/, U.S. /ˈkwoʊdə/ 1.
a. Originally: the part or share which an individual is obliged to contribute to a total amount (in early use chiefly with reference to contributions of men, money, or supplies from a particular town, district, or country; cf. contingent n. 5). Later more widely: an amount contributed to a larger quantity.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > some, any, or indefinite amount > as related to amount of which it is part
portionc1390
parcel1483
quota pars1606
quotity1613
quota1618
quotient1621
quotum1627
the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > a contribution
quote1451
contribution1609
quotation1613
quota1618
symbol1627
1618 J. Selden Hist. Tithes vii. 153 Custome cannot wholly discharge any Land of Tithes, but it may diminish the quota, or bring them to a lesse quantitie, or value; that is, that a custome to pay a Twelfth, Twentieth, or lesse, is good.
1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 236 If his master doe not speedily remitt the money promised, and quota of officers and engineers.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 439. ¶2 News-Gatherers and Intelligencers..who bring in their respective Quotas.
1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 391 They have often balls and feasts, where every one pays their quota.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xii. 378 The Papal troops were far inferior in number to the quota stipulated.
1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. III. 493 Forth trots the poverty-struck squire,..ready with his quota to the state, T'assist the war.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. vi. 66 The host..always contributed his quota to the general fund of polished sociability.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady i. 13 It is the village huckster who has to pay his heavy quota towards the rate.
1940 T. H. Harrisson & C. H. Madge War begins at Home v. 103 The response was best from the upper and middle classes; whilst the upper-working or artisan class supplied its quota.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1054/1 Aztec, Maya and Inca survivals combine with Spanish and other Europeans..to contribute their quota of blood and genetic endowments.
b. Economics. A maximum quantity of a particular product which under official controls can be produced, exported, imported, or caught. Also: a target setting a minimum production for a particular factory, employee, etc.
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society > trade and finance > [noun] > suspension of trade or commerce > other trade barriers or restrictions
tariff wall1889
quota1891
quota system1892
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum > maximum permitted
maximum1801
allowance1833
quota1891
quota1921
allowable1932
cap1947
rate cap1976
1891 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 2 45 The quota of the import for a given merchandise shall be the same, whatever may have been its origin.
1923 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 17 718 The belligerent governments permitted export licenses aggregating such quotas to be used.
1931 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 221 It has not yet been realised, even by some Free Traders, how insidious and dangerous a form of protection is that latest expedient of the tariff-mongers, known as the ‘Quota’.
1931 S. N. Harper Making Bolsheviks iii. 53 Workmen who have come together to fulfil and, if possible, exceed the quota of production assigned to the factory under the Five-Year Plan of expansion.
1960 Guardian 9 Sept. 10/1 Their owners..keep up the price of oil by a quota system which restricts production to so many days' output..in each month.
1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans xiv. 458 The world quota of incidental porpoise kill for 1980 was set at no more than 31,000.
1996 W. Hutton State we're In (rev. ed.) ix. 254 Performance-related pay..production quotas and the rest of the paraphernalia of trying to improve performance within the tradition of mainstream economic theory were inherently unfair.
c. Anglican Church. The sum of money that a diocese requests each year from a parish, as a contribution towards diocesan expenditure (more fully diocesan (formerly also †parochial) quota).
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society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > funds or revenue > quota of parish funds contributed to diocese
diocesan (formerly also parochial) quota1911
1911 Archbishops' Comm. Church Finance Rep. iv. 45 We recommend... That a system of parochial assessment..should be adopted... That the amount of this apportionment or contribution (which may conveniently be called the Parochial Quota) should from time to time be fixed by the Diocesan Board of Finance.
1919 W. B. Incledon Vicar Reconstructs vi. 27 So the Diocesan Finance Committee has been worrying you about the diocesan quota. My advice is to let them worry until you have your parochial finance scheme in proper working order.
1936 W. K. L. Clarke Almsgiving ii. vi. 115 In many parishes the diocesan quota is paid reluctantly.
1995 Independent 18 Oct. 18/2 The present policy of adding more and more parishes to fewer and fewer clergy, while charging ever-increasing sums in the form of the quota or parish share..is counterproductive.
2.
a. A share of a larger number or quantity; a portion, an allocation.
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the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share
lotOE
metc1225
partc1300
portion?1316
share1539
coportion1596
quota1688
ration1850
chop1919
low1934
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun]
dealc825
lotOE
dolea1225
partc1300
portion?1316
sort1382
parcelc1400
skiftc1400
pane1440
partagec1450
shift1461
skair1511
allotment1528
snapshare1538
share1539
slice1548
fee1573
snap1575
moiety1597
snatch1601
allotterya1616
proportiona1616
symbol1627
dealth1637
quantum1649
cavelc1650
snip1655
sortition1671
snack1683
quota1688
contingency1723
snick1723
contingent1728
whack1785
divvy1872
end1903
bite1925
1688 P. Pett Happy Future State of Eng. 163 It hath been advantageous to our Clergy to receive their Tithes in kind, as it hath been to Colleges to receive a Quota of their Rent in Corn.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) Tip me my Quota, give me my Part of the Winnings, Booty, Plunder, &c.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 227 Sometimes would not allow me a quota of the fish that was caught.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. li. 345 They have great magazines of East-India goods, this city having its quota of that trade.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 4 If nerves are necessary to a boiling fit of rage, I must have my full quota of them.
1883 A. Shaw Local Govt. Illinois 17 Having collected the total amount, the collector disburses to each proper authority its respective quota.
1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 639/1 Every seam and rivethead bore its quota of harsh saline crystals stained with corrosion.
a1966 D. Schwartz Summer Knowl. (1967) 186 You know my strange life. Every day brings its quota of wrath.
1996 R. Mistry Fine Balance (1997) x. 398 Besides the usual sugar and rice, she bought..her full quota of red and white wheat.
b. Politics. In a system of proportional representation: the minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > system of representation > quota or surplus
quota1857
surplus1926
society > law > types of laws > [noun] > restricting numbers
quota1930
1857 T. Hare Machinery of Representation 17 No person shall be returned as a member to serve in parliament for whom there shall not be recorded the full quota or number of votes specified.
1873 Times 1 Dec. 9/3 Had Mr. Stevenson's surplus votes been carried on to other candidates, Mr. Reed would have undoubtedly been the second to obtain a full quota.
1930 C. F. Strong Mod. Polit. Constit. viii. 177 Instead of having to gain an absolute majority, the candidate needs only to reach the quota, i.e. the number of votes cast divided by the number of seats to be filled.
2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 23 June 11 If there are three or more candidates and no candidate reaches the quota on the first count, the lowest candidate is eliminated and his or her votes are distributed among the remaining candidates.
3. Chiefly U.S.
a. A maximum number of immigrants allowed to enter a country within a set period. Also: a maximum number of students (as of a particular racial or ethnic group) allowed to enrol for a course at a college, etc., in a particular year.The Emergency Quota Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1921.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [noun] > regulation of number of immigrants
quota1921
society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [noun] > regulation of number of immigrants > maximum number of immigrants
quota1921
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum > maximum permitted
maximum1801
allowance1833
quota1891
quota1921
allowable1932
cap1947
rate cap1976
1921 Washington Post 21 May 4/5 North European countries may not furnish the full 20 per cent of their entire quotas each month.
1930 W. K. Hancock Australia xii. 239 In recent years we have extended its operation by instituting ‘quotas’, which limit the immigration from Southern Europe.
1954 ‘W. March’ Bad Seed ii. 29 Our enrolment is limited, as you probably know; and already we have our quota for next term.
1976 Survey Winter 128 Quotas upon Jews in higher education had..been a staple of the Soviet scene since the postwar period.
2002 J. Watts Immigration Policy & Challenge of Globalization iv. 81 In November 1997, the immigration quota for Almería was increased to 2,180.
b. A minimum number or proportion (of racial or ethnic minorities, or women) sought in order to ensure a desired balance in a workforce, student body, etc.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > least quantity or amount > least amount attainable, usual, etc.
minimuma1698
min1847
quota1956
1956 Daily Defender (Chicago) 3 July 11/2 We don't believe in quotas—so much for the Irish, so much for the Jews, so much for the Italians, and so much for Negroes. We believe in selection by merit.
1972 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. 44/3 Prof. William B. Gould..defends the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for imposing goals or quotas for women and minority faculty members on colleges and universities.
1983 D. Ravitch Troubled Crusade viii. 284 ‘Quotas’ for minorities meant that the federal government was redefining equal opportunity to mean equal representation for all groups, regardless of individual merit.
2005 Chron. Higher Educ. 25 Feb. b28 While racial quotas are forbidden, the court indicated that colleges may seek to enroll a ‘critical mass’ of students from underrepresented minority groups.
Compounds
C1. General attributive, esp. in senses 1b, 3.
quota immigrant n.
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1924 U.S. Laws & Statutes (1925) XLIII. 155 When used in this Act the term ‘quota immigrant’ means any immigrant who is not a non-quota immigrant.
2002 Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) (Nexis) 19 Jan. 7 c Mr. Keck..departed Stuttgart for the USA as a quota immigrant.
quota immigration n.
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1965 Listener 2 Sept. 340/2 Some [Australian] commentators advocate quota immigration for Asians.
2003 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 9 May Maiva Visekota Peteru, a former MP, said the quota immigration system was a farce.
quota law n.
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1922 Proc. Conf. Social Work xlix. 460 Just what effect the quota law has had on immigration..cannot be accurately determined.
1987 D. Clandfield Canad. Film i. 13 Cynical exploitation of the British quota laws in Canada led to the exclusion of films produced outside Britain when the legislation was reviewed and amended in 1938.
quota limit n.
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1975 J. Cleary Safe House 10 Every country..had a quota limit when..asked to extend its sympathy into acceptance of the Jews as immigrants.
1997 New Scientist 17 May 50/3 Ministers asserted that Britain had sought to apply responsible quota limits; and that the North Sea TACs agreed between the European Community and Norway in recent years was in line with scientific advice.
quota period n.
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1958 Economist 18 Oct. 280/1 For the first two quota periods (6 months) of the current year, the permitted output averaged 118 tons per month.
2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 12 Sept. 11 We placed orders that fall outside the quota period.
quota plan n.
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1928 Michigan Business Stud. 1 v. 11 The effect of such a quota plan is to equalize the men by removing the effect of differences in ability, experience, and training and thus to measure the increased effort and diligence displayed.
1959 Daily Tel. 27 Apr. 10 The Prime Minister..proposed breaking the existing deadlock over a control system by a ‘quota’ plan limiting the number of veto-free inspections per year.
2006 Africa. News (Nexis) 31 Oct. A group of retailers was preparing legal papers to challenge government's quota plan in court.
quota restriction n.
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1924 J. S. Huxley in Spectator 20 Dec. 981/1 The 1924 Immigration Law takes the quota idea as its basis... The quota restrictions do not apply to Canadians.
1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 17 In Great Britain there were no exchange controls and no quota restrictions save in the case of iron and steel imports.
1992 Independent 10 June 16/3 In view of all the quota restrictions being imposed on our native fish by EC regulations, I got rather annoyed that we don't make use of tilapia in this country.
C2. † quota bounty n. British History Obsolete a sum of money granted for the supply of men to the navy under the quota bill of 1795.† quota-man n. British Obsolete a man supplied to the navy under the quota bill of 1795.
quota act n. an act establishing by law a certain quota; (British History) the Cinematograph Films Act of 1927, designed to stimulate the British film industry by introducing a requirement for British cinemas to show a quota of British films.
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1938 Times 22 Feb. 19/3 British film production has made considerable progress during the past ten years as a result of the first Quota Act.
1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Apr. 3/1 Passed at the height of the civil rights era, the 1965 law was meant to undo the Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924, which severely restricted immigration.
quota bill n. a bill to establish by law a certain quota; (British History) a Parliamentary bill passed in March 1795 under which each county and (by a supplementary bill passed in April) each port had to supply a certain quota of men to the navy.
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1757 W. Smith Rev. Mil. Operations N.-Amer. 117 The house then privately took back the quota-bill; and after a few alterations, the council passed it on the 31st of March.
1795 W. Woodfall et al. Impartial Rep. Deb. Two Houses Parl. II. 233 The house resolved itself into a Committee on the County Quota Bill.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quota-Men, those raised for the navy..by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795 under bounties of from £20 to £60.
1899 Times 18 Jan. 5/1 The Presidential bureau was communicated announcing the withdrawal..of the Bank Charter Extension Bill, and of the Quota Bill.
1995 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 6 Aug. 4 Frozen employment-equity requirements and set out a plan to repeal the quota bill.
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1823 E. P. Brenton Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 49 The quota-bounty given in 1795, 1796, and 1797..for manning the fleet.
quota film n. Film an American film made quickly and cheaply in Britain or another country in order to satisfy quota requirements of that country (cf. quota act n.).
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1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife ii. 29 Those extras, dressed up to look like rustic ancients for a British quota film.
1974 R. Harrison Rex ii. 29 The British film industry had only just begun to stir [in 1927], with Gaumont Films, and then with American quota films—‘quota quickies’ made over here by American companies, on a budget of £1 per foot of film and never mind the quality, so that they could then unload their Hollywood products on England.
1995 Canad. Jrnl. Communication (Nexis) Mar. Because of Canada's lenience toward American production of quota films on Canadian soil, the act was revised in 1938 to exclude films made within the British Empire by Hollywood companies.
quota-hopping n. the practice of circumventing trade quotas by registering a business or fishing vessel abroad in order to benefit from another country's quota.
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1981 Amer. Jrnl. Agric. Econ. 63 372/1 These developing country multinational firms seem to be uniquely positioned to have an advantage in..the ability to move from one developing country to another to avoid quotas on exports, e.g. quota-hopping.
2004 C. Lequesne Politics Fisheries European Union v. 103 Quota-hopping is thus for the most part a microeconomic phenomenon that exploits the legal framework of the internal European market.
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1796 W. M. Pitt Thoughts on Def. i. 46 What an advantage would arise to the country at the breaking out of a war, if 20,000 marines, all good seamen, could be transferred to the fleet; replacing those in foreign garrisons by quota-men, provided at a short notice by the several parishes, or other recruits!
1823 E. P. Brenton Naval Hist. Great Brit. I. 49 The term ‘quota-man’, or ‘lord-mayor's man’, was supposed to comprise every thing that was base and contemptible among sailors.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Quota-Men, those raised for the navy..by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795 under bounties of from £20 to £60.
quota method n. Statistics the statistical method of quota sampling.
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the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > sample > quota method
quota sampling1943
quota method1944
1944 Public Opinion Q. 8 476 This more accurate procedure..did not give a corrective for the educational bias of the quota-method of interviewing.
1971 Guardian 9 June 13/4 Teams of interviewers were sent out to a random sample of areas to find certain numbers of consumers determined by sex, age, and social class. This is known as the quota method of sampling. Random sampling..is rarely used for commercial work.
1995 D. W. Moore Superpollsters ii. 54 Gallup's technique was to adopt a quota method, which required the interviewers to speak with a prescribed number of respondents in each economic category.
quota quickie n. Film colloquial (now historical) = quota film n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types
romantic comedy1748
epic1785
pre-release1871
foreign film1899
frivol1903
dramedy1905
film loop1906
first run1910
detective film1911
colour film1912
news film1912
topical1912
cinemicrograph1913
scenic1913
sport1913
newsreel1914
serial1914
sex comedy1915
war picture1915
telefilm1919
comic1920
true crime1923
art house1925
quickie1926
turkey1927
two-reeler1928
smellie1929
disaster film1930
musical1930
feelie1931
sticky1934
action comedy1936
quota quickie1936
re-release1936
screwball comedy1937
telemovie1937
pickup1939
video film1939
actioner1940
space opera1941
telepic1944
biopic1947
kinescope1949
TV movie1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
deepie1953
misterioso1953
film noir1956
policier1956
psychodrama1956
free film1958
prequel1958
co-production1959
glossy1960
sexploiter1960
sci-fier1961
tie-in1962
chanchada1963
romcom1963
wuxia1963
chick flick1964
showreel1964
mockumentary1965
sword-and-sandal1965
schlockbuster1966
mondo1967
peplum1968
thriller1968
whydunit1968
schlocker1969
buddy-buddy movie1972
buddy-buddy film1974
buddy film1974
science-fictioner1974
screwball1974
buddy movie1975
slasher movie1975
swashbuckler1975
filmi1976
triptych1976
autobiopic1977
Britcom1977
kidflick1977
noir1977
bodice-ripper1979
chopsocky1981
date movie1983
kaiju eiga1984
screener1986
neo-noir1987
indie1990
bromance2001
hack-and-slash2002
mumblecore2005
dark fantasy2007
hack-and-slay2007
gorefest2012
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1936 Los Angeles Times 28 Nov. i. 3/5 Working against the British, the committee said, are the ‘quota quickies’, produced here rapidly and cheaply to meet the necessity of turning out a certain percentage of British films in relation to foreign importations.
1976 Oxf. Compan. Film 574/1 ‘Quota quickies’—cheap programme-fillers made with local personnel and technical resources but financed from the US—kept standards down while fulfilling legal requirements.
2002 NFT Programme Booklet (National Film Theatre) Apr.–May 23/1 Lupino joins a pretty impressive line-up for Vorhaus' quota quickie, made at Twickenham.
quota sample n. Statistics a sample obtained in quota sampling.
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the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > sample
sample1903
probability sample1947
quota sample1948
1948 H. Cantril in E. G. Boring et al. Found. Psychol. xxiv. 579 We have, then six ‘controls’ in determining this quota sample: section of the country, rural-urban distribution within each section, income distribution, race.., sex and age.
1974 Times 15 Feb. 5/7 The Gallop Poll..plans to do a mixture of random and quota samples.
1995 Science 7 July 41/3 Test norming samples..are typically large and broad-based. But they are usually quota samples and are almost never nationally representative.
quota sampler n. Statistics a person who conducts quota sampling.
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the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > sample > quota method > one who uses
quota sampler1949
1949 F. Mosteller et al. Pre-election Polls 1948 116 The problem of estimating turnout is vastly more difficult for the probability sampler than for the quota sampler.
1958 C. A. Moser Survey Methods Social Investigation vi. 105 Quota samplers generally claim that instructions to, and constraints on, interviewers are sufficient to guard against the main dangers of selection bias.
1996 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 159 30 I suspect that I am in the minority here as a practising quota sampler.
quota sampling n. Statistics a form of stratified sampling which uses a predetermined number of subjects in each population subgroup.
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the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > sample > quota method
quota sampling1943
quota method1944
1943 Public Opinion Q. 7 287 The research apparatus of public opinion polling consists of certain standard tools: part-time interviewers, purposive or quota sampling, fixed alternative questions, and mechanically codeable answers.
1973 Guardian 27 Oct. 13/5 Quota sampling sets the interviewer the..task of finding people who are socially representative.
2001 R. M. Worcester in R. Catlow & S. Greenfield Cosmic Rays 102 Much of our work other than for the government is quota sampling: quicker..than the traditional alternative, probability sampling.
quota system n. a law, rule, or custom establishing or requiring a quota.
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society > trade and finance > [noun] > suspension of trade or commerce > other trade barriers or restrictions
tariff wall1889
quota1891
quota system1892
society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > immigration > [noun] > regulation of number of immigrants > system regulating
quota system1892
1892 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 543 The remedy is to be found in abolishing the districts, and electing the representatives from the State at large by means of the quota system.
1924 N.Y. Times 8 Dec. 17/1 A bill amending the immigration law and abolishing the quota system is being drafted for presentation to Congress.
1969 Listener 14 Aug. 201/1 The quota system. Thirty per cent of first features shown in this country have to be made here.
1991 South Aug. 59/1 The world coffee market could not improve and stabilise in the absence of a quota system.
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quotav.
/ˈkwəʊtə/, U.S. /ˈkwoʊdə/ Originally North American.
transitive. To impose a quota on or for; to restrict or ration in accordance with a quota.
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the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take into association, service, or use
takea1225
assume1591
assumpt1595
quota1755
1755 Douglass's Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. (new ed.) I. 508 A valuation or census is made for quotaing the assessments of each township or district towards the provincial rate or charge.
1784 E. Gerry in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1895) 49 431 Troops to be required and quotied [sic] on the several States by Congress.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 593 A convention..by which the burthen of the war might be quotaed on them, according to their respective wealth.
1857 J. Frost Pict. Hist. Amer. (new ed.) II. 285 Every article of supply necessary for the ensuing campaign.., and also the numbers of men wanted, were quotaed on the ten northern states in proportion to their abilities and numbers.
1940 R. Ingersoll Rep. on. Eng. iii. 33 The powdered sugar in shakers did not seem to be quotaed.
1969 G. Smith tr. A. Huxley in A. Huxley Lett. 381 Owing to my semi-blindness, I must ration myself—‘quota’ myself—..as to reading.
1989 F. R. Lynch Invisible Victims (1991) xii. 169 This self-interest is doubled for working- or middle-class whites who perceive themselves or their children quotaed out of jobs or promotions in the public sector.
Derivatives
ˈquotaing n.
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1798 T. Jefferson Let. 7 June in Papers (2003) XXX. 394 This is to avoid the quotaing... Rogueries under a quota-ing law can only shift the burthen.
1934 Times 1 May 13/4 Another form of ‘quotaing’ which seemed to involve less difficulty from a treaty point of view..was exchange quotas or clearing.
1981 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Oct. 2/5 This includes the system of quotaing and an assessment of the equipment necessary in relation to reaping transportation.
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