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# quota

noun (a quota, quotas)

«quota» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fixed amount or number of something that a person, group or country is allowed to have, or must reach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#m1)
2. A limit on how many things can come in or be sold, for example a quota on fish that can be caught. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#m2)
3. (work) A target number of jobs or sales a worker must do in a set time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, quotas set limits (fishing quotas protect fish so they do not run out) or targets (a salesperson's monthly quota). In school maths, a quota is a share or fixed number: if each class has a quota of 5 tickets, 6 classes get 30 tickets. In the news, quotas appear in talk about trade, fishing and immigration. Phrases: meet the quota, fill a quota, a fishing quota, over quota, a daily quota.

### Examples

- Each class has a quota of five tickets for the school play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#x1)
- Fishing boats must not catch more than their quota of cod. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#x2)
- I have reached my screen-time quota for today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#x3)
- The factory had to meet its quota of 500 bikes a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#x4)
- Mum jokes that she has used up her quota of patience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#x5)
- Some countries set a quota on how many cars can be imported. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#x6)
- If each of 8 teams has a quota of 12 players, there are 96 players in all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/#x7)

### Note

Countable: one quota, two quotas. In maths problems, a quota is usually a fixed number per person or group: multiply the quota by the number of groups to get the total, and anything over the quota is the extra. Do not confuse with "quote" (words someone said).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quota» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quota/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quota» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quota.html) on Mova free.