QUOTA  , a proportional See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share or See also:

• PART

part that is due from or to any See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or See also:

• BODY

body of persons, in Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. quota, sc. pars, from quotus, an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective formed from quot, how many . The word first appears in connexion with the levying of men, See also:

• MONEY

money or supplies for military and See also:

• NAVAL

naval purposes from districts, towns or seaports, and thus is See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to " contingent " (Lat. contingere, to happen to, fall to one's See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot or share, cum, with, and tangere, to See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch), used since the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century specific-ally of a contribution of men or See also:

• SHIPS

ships according to a See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale fixed between the contracting parties .