quota-hopping

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noun

(in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen

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Derived forms of quota-hopping

quota-hopper, noun

Words nearby quota-hopping

quorum, quorum sensing, quot., quota, quotable, quota-hopping, quota sampling, quota system, quotation, quotation mark, quotation marks

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How to use quota-hopping in a sentence

Starting in the 1970s, then MPAA president Jack Valenti began what was to become a decades-long fight against the quota system.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the financial remedy, partial repeal of the screen quota has imperiled the domestic market.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Supported by Washington, the domestic quota was cut from 90 days to 30.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I am fighting that quota because I am an advocate of competition.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“In just a minute,” replied the clerk, hopping around the other table to have Belle Ringold and her friends repeat their orders.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
The exploring party started slowly down the rusty track, with the dog hopping happily on three legs.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
And there, hopping about on a spray of beautiful apple blossoms, was another bird.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
As the door opened in the side, I lay the rifle down, stood with crossed arms as the thin, hopping horrors came near.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell
The tall, graceful Schree warriors followed us into the cavern, and last of all came the two hopping Jivros.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell