quotaとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwoʊtə/
• 韻: -oʊtə

名詞

quota (複数形 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.
   • 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^[1]:

     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 when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).

   • 2020 October 30, "Olimar's Assignment", in Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, day 3: River:

     Captain Olimar: 'We have to work harder on finding some truly valuable treasures. The sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.'

3. (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

同意語

• (proportional part): allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum

関連する語

• numerus clausus

Latin

発音

• quota: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷo.ta/, [ˈkʷɔt̪ä]
• quota: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]
• quotā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷo.taː/, [ˈkʷɔt̪äː]
• quotā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwo.ta/, [ˈkwɔːt̪ä]

形容詞

quota

1. inflection of quotus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

形容詞

quotā

1. ablative feminine singular of quotus

参照

• quota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius かつ others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)