quota

noun

/ˈkwəʊtə/

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[countable] quota (on something) a limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed
- to introduce a strict import quota on grain
Extra Examples
- Many countries are still exceeding their quotas.
- national quotas on imports of cars
- quotas for oil production
- the introduction of EU milk quotas
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- full
- strict
- annual
- …
verb + quota
- allocate
- establish
- impose
- …
quota + noun
- system
preposition
- quota for
- quota on
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[countable] an amount of something that somebody expects or needs to have or achieve
- I'm going home now—I've done my quota of work for the day.
- to get your full quota of sleep
Extra Examples
- Members of the military forces must fulfil a daily quota of work in the fields.
- The show is good fun and yields its full quota of laughs.
- He never takes his full quota of holidays.
- We had to increase our output to fill the quota by the end of the year.
[singular] (politics) (in a system of proportional representation) a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected
- He was 76 votes short of the quota.

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin quota (pars) ‘how great (a part)’, feminine of quotus, from quot ‘how many’.

单词	quota
释义	quota noun /ˈkwəʊtə/ /ˈkwəʊtə/ jump to other results [countable] quota (on something) a limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed to introduce a strict import quota on grain Extra Examples Many countries are still exceeding their quotas. national quotas on imports of cars quotas for oil production the introduction of EU milk quotas Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective full strict annual … verb + quota allocate establish impose … quota + noun system preposition quota for quota on See full entry [countable] an amount of something that somebody expects or needs to have or achieve I'm going home now—I've done my quota of work for the day. to get your full quota of sleep Extra Examples Members of the military forces must fulfil a daily quota of work in the fields. The show is good fun and yields its full quota of laughs. He never takes his full quota of holidays. We had to increase our output to fill the quota by the end of the year. [singular] (politics) (in a system of proportional representation) a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected He was 76 votes short of the quota. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin quota (pars) ‘how great (a part)’, feminine of quotus, from quot ‘how many’.
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