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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

쿼터

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kwo-teo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Quota/ˈkwəʊ.tə/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"정부는 특정 농산물의 수출에 쿼터를 부과했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A fixed share or proportion of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute.

    "The company has set a quota for sales that each representative must meet each month."
  2. 2

    A limit on the amount of a particular product that can be produced or sold.

    "The government imposed a quota on the export of certain agricultural products to control supply."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin interrogative pronoun 'quot' meaning 'how many'. It entered English in the early 17th century via medieval Latin 'quota pars', denoting a proportionate part or share assigned to a member.

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