1
: a proportional part or share
especially
: the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a body
2
: the number or amount constituting a proportional share
3
: a fixed number or percentage of minority group members or women needed to meet the requirements of affirmative action
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Examples of quota in a Sentence
The agency imposes strict fishing quotas.
The company has imposed quotas on hiring.
He lost his driver's license because he exceeded the quota of traffic violations.
The department set new sales quotas in January.
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If implemented effectively, these mechanisms could enhance quota trading by ensuring the genuine climate benefits of projects and preventing double accounting.
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Nils Rokke, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
In March of 2023, California sued Orange County’s Huntington Beach after the city argued that laws requiring cities to fulfill state quotas on building more housing were unconstitutional.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Nov. 2024
The uprising began with peaceful demonstrations against employment quotas for regime loyalists, but a heavy-handed crackdown ignited a powderkeg of rage against inequality and political repression that brought tens of thousands of mothers and daughters, bankers and beggars, united onto the street.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
The filing also details the company's reinsurance arrangements, including a new 27% quota share treaty for personal lines and changes to excess of loss and catastrophe reinsurance treaties.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Nils Rokke, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
In March of 2023, California sued Orange County’s Huntington Beach after the city argued that laws requiring cities to fulfill state quotas on building more housing were unconstitutional.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Nov. 2024
The uprising began with peaceful demonstrations against employment quotas for regime loyalists, but a heavy-handed crackdown ignited a powderkeg of rage against inequality and political repression that brought tens of thousands of mothers and daughters, bankers and beggars, united onto the street.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
The filing also details the company's reinsurance arrangements, including a new 27% quota share treaty for personal lines and changes to excess of loss and catastrophe reinsurance treaties.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Quota.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quota. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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quota
noun
quo·ta
ˈkwōt-ə 
1
: a share or part assigned to each member of a group
2
: the number or amount making up a quota
Legal Definition
quota
noun
quo·ta
ˈkwō-tə
1
: a proportional part or share assigned to each in a body
2
: a specific amount that serves as a minimum or maximum
a law against traffic ticket quotas
Etymology
Medieval Latin, from Latin quota pars how great a part
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