quota

quo|ta [ˈkwəutə US ˈkwou-] n

[Date: 1600-1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin quota pars 'how large a part']

1.) an official limit on the number or amount of something that is allowed in a particular period

quota on

▪ The government has imposed quotas on the export of timber.

▪ The government has decided to scrap quotas on car imports.

quota for

▪ Several countries have now set quotas for cod fishing.

▪ There are plans to introduce strict immigration quotas .

2.) an amount of something that someone is expected to do or achieve

quota of

▪ Each person was given a quota of tickets to sell.

quota for

▪ In the 1990s the Navy couldn't fill its quota for new recruits.

meet/make/achieve a quota

▪ Workers only get paid if they make their quota.

sales/production quota

▪ They're worried that they won't achieve this year's sales quota.

3.) an amount of something that you think is fair, right, or normal

= fair share quota of

▪ The committee has had more than its quota of problems.

▪ I think I've had my quota of coffee for the day.

4.) BrE a particular number of votes that someone needs to get to be elected in an election

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

impose/introduce a quota (=officially start a quota)

set a quota (=say what the quota for something will be)

lift/end/scrap a quota

import/export quota

strict quota

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