to assign a quota
71Apportionment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Apportionment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 apportionment apportionment allotment consignment assignment appointment Sgm: N 1 appropriation appropriation Sgm: N 1 dispensation dispensation distribution Sgm: N 1 division …
72number — 1. noun 1) a whole number Syn: numeral, integer, figure, digit; character, symbol; decimal, unit; cardinal number, ordinal number 2) a large number of complaints Syn: amount, q …
73measure — n 1. measurement, mensuration, met age. See measurement(def.1). 2. size, dimensions, proportions, expanse, extent, scope, range, spread, area; magnitude, amplitude, mass, bulk, volume; weight, quantity, capacity; bounds, duration, sum, aggregate; …
74part — n 1. portion, division, majority, proportion; department, compartment, branch, group, subgroup, species, family; piece, parcel, fragment, fraction, can tie; section, sector, segment, subdivision, detail, detachment; constituent, component,… …
75portion — n 1. part, section, segment, division, proportion, majority, minority; piece, parcel, fragment, cantle, batch; sector, subdivision, detail, detachment; particle, scrap, morsel, bit, handful, cupful; slice, wedge, sliver, finger, rasher; cutting,… …
76ration — n 1. allowance, allotment, portion, quota, part, provision; share, dole, meed, measure, modicum; proportion, percentage, budget; lot, Inf. take, dose, clutch, batch, amount, Inf. chunk, helping. 2. rations provisions, supplies, stock, board;… …
77share — n 1. allotment, allocation, appropriation, consignment, apportionment, allowance, grant; dispensation, donation, ration, pittance, dole, handout; endowment, inheritance; portion, part, division, lot, Inf. whack, dividend, helping, serving;… …
78set — [set] vt. set, setting [ME setten < OE settan (akin to Ger setzen & Goth satjan < Gmc * satjan), caus. formation “to cause to sit” < base of SIT] 1. to place in a sitting position; cause to sit; seat 2. a) to cause (a fowl) to sit on… …
79allocation — noun 1. a share set aside for a specific purpose (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑allotment • Derivationally related forms: ↑allocate • Hypernyms: ↑share, ↑portion, ↑part, ↑ …
