quotas
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- 1Plural of quota.
Several countries agreed to lower their import quotas during the trade talks.
Regulators imposed catch quotas to protect the dwindling cod population.
Note
A plural that carries every meaning of the singular: proportional shares in a division, prescribed numbers that work as a ceiling, a floor or a target, and limits on how much of a good may be imported. In the plural, a noun placed in front usually says which kind is meant, as in import quotas, catch quotas or sales quotas, so the modifier does the work of telling share from limit.
quotas is a form of quota
quota, noun: A prescribed number or percentage that can act as a maximum, a minimum, or a goal. Full entry
- Forms
- quotaquotas plural
- Spelling
- quota → quotas: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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