Quantity

Synonyms for quota

The synonym for quota recorded in this bank is allotment, in the sense "a fixed number or amount that must be reached or is allowed". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for quota

allotmentnoun, in the sense "a fixed number or amount that must be reached or is allowed"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day quota is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineQuantity

a fixed number or amount that must be reached or is allowed

Each sales rep must meet a monthly quota of new accounts.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

allotment

Same sentence, swapped: Each sales rep must meet a monthly allotment of new accounts.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot quota is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

commission
territory
bonus

Where quota turns up in the game

quota is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where quota is the trap

subsidynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is grant, in the sense "a sum of money granted to help with a cost", so quota is there to be ruled out.

Play quota

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so quota reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. quota carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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