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

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

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