quota
31quota — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin quota pars how great a part Date: 1618 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… …
32quota — Amount of catch allocated; could refer to a fishery as a whole (total allowable catch) or to that amount allocated to an individual or company; see also individual transferable quota …
33quota — appointed to meet an arbitrary target for types of employee rather than on suitability, aptitude, or qualification Originally an American phenomenon where employers of more than fifteen people were required to reflect in their workforce the …
34quota — noun 1》 a limited quantity of a product which may be produced, exported, or imported. 2》 a share of something that one is entitled to receive or bound to contribute. 3》 a fixed number of a group allowed to do something, e.g. immigrants to enter a …
35quota — noun she rarely took her full quota of vacation time Syn: allocation, share, allowance, limit, ration, portion, dispensation, slice (of the cake); percentage, commission; proportion, fraction, bit, amount, quantity; informal cut …
36quota — quo•ta [[t]ˈkwoʊ tə[/t]] n. 1) the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc 2) a proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity 3) the… …
37quota — /ˈkwoʊtə / (say kwohtuh) noun 1. the proportional part or share of a total which is due from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, area, person, etc. 2. a proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity. 3. the number of …
38quota — / kwəυtə/ noun a limited amount of something which is allowed to be produced or imported, etc. ▪▪▪ ‘Canada agreed to a new duty free quota of 600,000 tonnes a year’ [Globe and Mail (Toronto)] …
39quota — / kwəυtə/ noun a limited amount of something which is allowed to be produced, imported, etc. ▪▪▪ ‘Canada agreed to a new duty free quota of 600,000 tonnes a year’ [Globe and Mail (Toronto)] …
40quota — A fixed amount, for example a quota under the Taft Inter American Coffee Agreement fixing the amount of coffee to be imported into the United States from coffee producing countries of the Western Hemisphere. 21 Am J2d Cust D § 11. A particular… …
