Quota - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a limitation on imports
Extra examples
The agency imposes strict fishing quotas.
The company has imposed quotas on hiring.
He lost his driver's license because he exceeded the quota of traffic violations.
The department set new sales quotas in January.
The government has imposed quotas on the export of timber.
The government has decided to scrap quotas on car imports.
Several countries have now set quotas for cod fishing.
There are plans to introduce strict immigration quotas.
Each person was given a quota of tickets to sell.
In the 1990s the Navy couldn't fill its quota for new recruits.
Workers only get paid if they make their quota.
They're worried that they won't achieve this year's sales quota.
The committee has had more than its quota of problems.
I think I've had my quota of coffee for the day.
Word forms
singular: quota
plural: quotas
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