quota
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.
quotas
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pluralof quota.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"The Ghana Tourism Authority also latched on to it and then used it to enhance their tourism project," Asare explains, saying the initiative started to become less about "repair" and more about hitting tourism quotas.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
OPEC+ "faces potentially difficult talks over new production quotas" starting next year following the September increase, according to analysts at DNB Carnegie.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The ability for Persian Gulf producers to “translate higher quotas into actual exports still depends on shipping conditions through the Strait of Hormuz,” said Salih Yilmaz, a senior industry analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
But it sets no quotas and doesn’t forbid the recruitment of “white and Asian men already trained in the field.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
There was no dangerous outside labor, no exhausting work quotas.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
