quotity rare.
(ˈkwɒtɪtɪ)
[a. F. quotité (16th c.) or f. L. quot how many, quot-us of what number or amount (see quota) + -ity. Cf. quantity.]
1. = quotum.
| 1613 F. Robartes Revenue Gosp. 128 What needeth this contending for the quotity or determinate tenth? 1894 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. June 360 It is not a fixed quantity..but a fixed quotity of produce. |
2. A certain number (of individuals, etc.).
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iv. ii, These are the thrice-famed ‘Brigands’: an actual existing quotity of persons. 1858 ― Fredk. Gt. I. v. vi. 600 Assisting Prussia..with a like quotity of thousands. |