Quota

Quick meaning: Quota is a noun meaning A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

Meaning

A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

More Meanings

1. A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
2. (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

Example Sentences

Captain Olimar: 'We have to work harder on finding some truly valuable treasures. The sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.'

The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).

Word Forms

• quotas

Synonyms for quota

Depending on context, synonyms include allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include portion, share, allotment, allocation, ration, rationing.

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