quota
- noun
- /ˈkwoʊtə/
- And now that you've met your quota, I hereby restore your greatest memory.
- production quotas
- import quotas
- immigration quotas
Because they're hitting their quota, but yet you're losing money.
- Because they're hitting their quota, but yet you're losing money.
- Why is it why are there quotas for how many criminals need to be found?
- Yeah, no, it's so they're heavily tied to a quota that helps them get a promotion.
- Like just don't be the last one on the sales quota leaderboard?
- Now what happens is those guys who own those quota, they basically lease it out to other fishermen.
- I don't leave the computer until I've reached that quota.
- Yeah, we're not going to stream longer to meet some hour quota.
- Equity is like, no, it's, it's basically quotas.
- Are you saying do they not have that right now or is there a quota?
- So if you didn't meet your quota, you had to pay him money as a penalty.
- But yeah, they won't, they don't fill a number, they don't fill a quota.
Examples
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Each participant must meet a minimum quota of ten volunteer hours.
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No way we can make double quota before Hopper comes.
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We had a quota to hit.
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I met my quota, and I should be free to go now.
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We must fix the daily work quota for your men.
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We caught up with our quota and even got a bit ahead.
Fiction book (2001) -
So if you didn't meet your quota, you had to pay him money as a penalty.
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And we set quotas and we check them nonstop.
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I've already filled our quota of handicapped employees for the year.
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Don't worry, you'll meet your quota.
Synonyms
An upper limit on the amount or number allowed
A rule that controls how much or how many of something there can be
An amount of something given for a particular use
An amount of something given officially for a particular purpose
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Compounds
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Etymology
Quota comes from the Latin phrase quota pars, which means 'what part' or 'how many parts'. So a quota kept the idea of a 'share' or 'fixed amount', and today it means a set number or 'limit' allowed for something.