quota
IPA: kwˈoʊtʌ
noun
- A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
- (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
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Examples of "quota" in Sentences
- The government abolished the quotas.
- Chapter II deals with the regulation of the quota.
- The surplus is the candidate's vote minus the quota.
- What is the source of the Whaling quota and catches
- Today the Droop quota is the most commonly used quota.
- Today, the Droop quota is the most commonly used quota.
- He said the state halved the trapping quota in recognition.
- There is no quota limit on awards of the Medal of the Order.
- So the Droop quota is the smallest quota that works this way.
- The quota was abolished by the first Labour government in 1945.
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