quota
noun
[ ˈkwəʊtə ]
• a fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute.
• "the county is falling short of its quota of blood donations"
Similar:
allocation,
share,
allowance,
limit,
ration,
portion,
apportionment,
assignment,
dispensation,
slice,
slice of the cake,
percentage,
commission,
measure,
proportion,
part,
piece,
fraction,
division,
subdivision,
bit,
amount,
number,
range,
quantity,
cut,
whack,
rake-off,
Origin:
early 17th century: from medieval Latin quota (pars) ‘how great (a part)’, feminine of quotus, from quot ‘how many’.
