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 WebChina 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
ADJECTIVE | VERB + QUOTA | QUOTA + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤full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 + QUOTA➤allocate, 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 + NOUN➤system配額制度PREPOSITION➤quota 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