quota

[US]/ˈkwəʊtə/
[UK]/ˈkwoʊtə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

corresponding English definition: n. (officially set) a fixed quantity, amount, or share.

Phrases & Collocations

annual quota

import quota

quotas and limitations

quota system

quota management

above quota

export quota

production quota

tariff quota

quota control

sales quota

credit quota

Example Sentences

an Irishman with a double ration of blarney and a treble quota of charm.

Each has his quota of work for the day.

A restricted import quota was set for meat products.

he overfulfilled the quota by forty per cent.

the removal of entry quotas encouraged young people to enter universities.

No boat is allowed to catch more than its quota of fish.

The government set a quota on the annual number of immigrants from Italy.

charges and countercharges concerning producers, quotas, and affidavits.

the country may be exceeding its OPEC quota of 1,100,000 barrels of oil per day.

they were arrested to help fill the quota of arrests the security police had to make during the crackdown.

They also face falling roundwood quotas from pulp and paper factories, slowing peeler log demand, declining sawlog exports and increasing difficulty securing lines of credit.

Nor need we here examine the effect of import quotas, exchange controls, bilateralism and other means of reducing, diverting or preventing international trade.

Real-world Examples

They got more quota than I did.

Source: VOA Standard English_Life

Perhaps they had already reached the 2017 quota.

Source: VOA Daily Standard February 2017 Collection

Firms that pollute beyond their quota must buy credits.

Source: The Economist - International

Individuals with siblings have the option to share this deduction quota.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

The other 50% will be part of next year's import quotas.

Source: New Cambridge Business English (Elementary)

So I was very fast I always made sure that I made a quota.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2023 Compilation

The Japanese fisheries agency set a quota for killing 227 whales every six months.

Source: The Chronicles of Novel Events

Charles Schwab had a mill manager whose people weren't producing their quota of work.

Source: The Weaknesses of Human Nature (Part 2)

I assume we'll deduct any extra time we spend together at work from our weekly quota.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 7

Don't worry about my quota. I do very well.

Source: Classic movies

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