The proportion between carbonic acid gained and oxygen lost, CO₂/O₂ is termed the "respiratory quotient."

Pressure is the quotient of force and area.

Some old folks said this cottage had been the church-house where in ancient days the people who came to divine service stayed between morning prayer and evensong, ate their mid-day meal and gave out and received their hebdomadal quotient of gossip.

Modular division solves for the remainder, not the quotient.