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