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quota

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
quota /ˈkwoʊtə/ noun
plural quotas
quota
/ˈkwoʊtə/
noun
plural quotas
Learner's definition of QUOTA
[count]
: an official limit on the number or amount of people or things that are allowed限额;配额;定额
: a specific amount or number that is expected to be achieved定额;定量;指标
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4604 COCA: 6055

quota

noun

quo·​ta ˈkwō-tə How to pronounce quota (audio)
1
: a proportional part or share
especially : the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a body
2
: the number or amount constituting a proportional share
3
: a fixed number or percentage of minority group members or women needed to meet the requirements of affirmative action

Example Sentences

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.
Recent Examples on the Web China places a quota on the number of overseas movies that can be shown in domestic movie theaters. Reuters, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022 Selection of the Presidential Scholars is guided by a quota. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 14 May 2022 The project was something that Zauner had strayed away from for a long time in fear that her story and identity as Korean-American would, to some extent, would be popularized due to a diversity quota over merit. James Dinh, Billboard, 10 May 2022 At least those ignorant public servants introduce Suze and JB to Mr. Blin (Nicolas Marié), a blind archivist hired to fill a diversity quota. Mark Keizer, Variety, 24 Dec. 2021 Some members of the three-judge panel hearing Monday’s arguments voiced skepticism of whether Nasdaq’s rule amounted to a racial or gender quota. Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022 China places a quota on the number of overseas movies that can be shown in domestic movie theaters. Reuters, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022 China places a quota on the number of overseas movies that can be shown in domestic movie theaters. Reuters, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 After intense negotiations, the U.S. requested a special meeting later in that same year where a quota was revised from zero to 12 landed bowhead whales. Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin, from Latin quota pars how great a part

First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of quota was in 1618
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4604 COCA: 6055
quota

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUOTA | QUOTA + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEfull全份的配給量He never takes his full quota of days off.他從來沒有休完全部假期。strict嚴格的配額annual, daily, monthly, weekly年度/每日/每月/每週定額national (especially BrE) 國家配額fishing, milk, etc.捕撈限額、牛奶配額等the introduction of fishing quotas捕撈限額制度的採用export, import, production出口/進口/生產配額gender, racial (both especially NAmE) 性別/種族定額VERB + QUOTAallocate, establish, impose, introduce, set分配/確立/實行/採用/規定配額increase增加配額reduce減少配額fill, fulfil/fulfill, meet, reach完成定額;達到定額We had to increase our output to fill the quota by the end of the year.我們必須增加產量,才能在年底完成定額。exceed超過限額Many countries are still exceeding their quotas.許多國家仍在超限。QUOTA + NOUNsystem配額制度PREPOSITIONquota for⋯的限額quotas for oil production石油生產限額quota on對⋯的配額national quotas on imports of cars國家對進口汽車的配額

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