Quota (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A proportional share assigned to each participant.

Classification

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.

Examples

• The company has a quota for hiring minority candidates to ensure diversity in the workplace.
• Each country has a quota for the number of immigrants it can accept per year.
• The fishing industry has a quota for the amount of fish that can be caught in a season.
• The university has a quota for the number of students it can accept into the program.
• The government has a quota for the amount of foreign aid it can provide to developing countries.

Hypernyms

• Allocation

Meaning ²

A limitation on imports; "the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Hypernyms

• Import Barrier

Meaning ³

A prescribed number; "all the salesmen met their quota for the month".

Classification

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.

Examples

• The company set a quota for the number of new employees to be hired each quarter.
• The government imposed a quota on the amount of sugar that could be imported from abroad.
• The police department had a quota for the number of traffic tickets to be issued each week.
• The university had a quota for the number of international students it could accept each year.
• The factory had a quota for the number of units to be produced each day to meet demand.