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quota
[kwoh-tuh]
noun
the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
a proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity.
the number or percentage of persons of a specified kind permitted to enroll in a college, join a club, immigrate to a country, etc.
quota
/ ˈkwəʊtə /
noun
the proportional share or part of a whole that is due from, due to, or allocated to a person or group
a prescribed number or quantity, as of items to be manufactured, imported, or exported, immigrants admitted to a country, or students admitted to a college
Word History and Origins
Origin of quota1
Word History and Origins
Origin of quota1
Example Sentences
“If the events turn the other way, and there is a free-trade agreement that took off all the tariffs and quotas, that has them paying through the nose for something you’re locked into.”
The European Union’s top trade officials are proposing a 50% tariff on steel imports above a certain quota as the bloc moves to shield its struggling sector from overcapacity.
Simultaneously, broad nativist fear of immigrants, and their labor, led to 1921 and 1924 acts creating restrictive quota systems basically eliminating immigration from anywhere but northwest Europe and the New World.
The move builds on earlier decisions by the Vienna-based cartel to unwind a layer of production quota curbs totaling roughly 1.65 million barrels a day, which was first implemented in 2023.
However, there were no quotas for female lawmakers, nor for those from the country's many ethnic and religious minorities.
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