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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUOTA , a proportional See also:

share or See also:part that is due from or to any See also:person or See also:body of persons, in Med. See also:Lat. quota, sc. pars, from quotus, an See also:adjective formed from quot, how many. The word first appears in connexion with the levying of men, See also:money or supplies for military and See also:naval purposes from districts, towns or seaports, and thus is See also:equivalent to " contingent " (Lat. contingere, to happen to, fall to one's See also:lot or share, cum, with, and tangere, to See also:touch), used since the 18th See also:century specific-ally of a contribution of men or See also:ships according to a See also:scale fixed between the contracting parties.

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