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quota

noun
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3 meanings of quota

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A fixed number or amount set as a goal, a limit, or the most allowed.

    Like a target score you try to reach in a game.

    The sales team had a quota of fifty calls each day.

    She hit her quota before lunch and went home early.

    Similartarget, goal, norm

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A part or share given to each person when something is divided up.

    Like getting your own slice when a pizza is cut into pieces.

    Each child got their quota of candy from the bag.

    My quota of the prize money was three hundred dollars.

    Similarshare, portion, allocation, allotment, ration

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A limit on how much of something can be brought into a country.

    Like only letting a set number of people into a room before the door closes.

    The country set a quota on how much sugar farmers could import.

    A strict quota kept most foreign steel out of the market.

    Similarlimit, cap, ceiling, restriction

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Origin

It comes from the Latin phrase "quota pars," meaning how big a part or share.