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- DictionaryQuo·ta/ˈkwōdə/
noun
- 1. a fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute: "the county is falling short of its quota of blood donations"
noun. the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc. Synonyms: allocation, apportionment, allotment. a proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity.
A quota is a specific number of things. If a quota is placed on the total number of apples each visitor can pick at an orchard, it means that once you've picked a certain number of apples, you have to stop. Usually a quota places an upper limit on the total number or amount of some item.
[countable] an amount of something that somebody expects or needs to have or achieve. I'm going home now—I've done my quota of work for the day. to get your full quota of sleep. Extra Examples. [singular] (politics) (in a system of proportional representation) a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Government, Business quo‧ta /ˈkwəʊtə $ ˈkwoʊ-/ noun [ countable] 1 an official limit on the number or amount of something that is allowed in a particular period quota on The government has imposed quotas on the export of timber.
6 days ago · A quota is the limited number or quantity of something which is officially allowed . A quota is a fixed maximum or minimum proportion of people from a particular group who are allowed to do something, such as come and live in a country or work for the government.
a limited amount of something that is officially allowed: an import quota. (Definition of quota from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of quota. in Chinese (Traditional) 定額，限額，配額… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 定额，限额，配额… See more. in Spanish. cupo, cuota [feminine, singular]… See more. in Portuguese.
1. the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc. 2. a proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity. 3. the number or percentage of persons of a specified kind permitted to enroll in a college, join a club, immigrate to a country, etc.
