quota

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  1. noun A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment.
  2. noun A production assignment.
  3. noun A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting or designated as an upper limit: a country with strict annual immigration quotas.

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  • Sources said that once the review of the quota is completed India's share in the IMF may double from the present two per cent which may correspond to about USD 60 billion. —  Daily News & Analysis
  • "The number of Southeast Asian Box Turtles currently traded is certainly ten times the official export quota, and probably nearer 100 times it," said Dr Sabine Schoppe, author of the new report, "Status, trade dynamics and management of the Southeast Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis in Indonesia [PDF]." —  Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
  • But primary industries minister Ian McDonald said that the shark fishing quota was irrelevant as it the bulk of the quota was harmless species, and great whites aren't included at all as they are protected.
  • The beating probably stopped when their quota was reached. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • When he showed up at Harvard (probably brought in as a quota-hire admission, but don't hold your breath for anyone to admit this), he was elected editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law Review, suggesting he had a knack for winning popularity contests. —  Altermedia news U.S.A.
 

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allotment ·  allowance ·  percentage ·  subsidy ·  appropriation ·  export ·  tariff ·  levy ·  allocation ·  budget ·  ration ·  restriction

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quota:   quotas
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin, from Latin quota (pars), how large (a part), feminine of quotus, of what number; see quote.

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  1. from Italian quota, a share, from Latin quota (sc. pars), feminine of quotus, of what number, how many, from quot, how many, as many as, akin to qui.
 

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