quota

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun
1 [C] the limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed: to introduce a strict import quota on grain + a quota system for accepting refugees
2 [C] an amount of sth that sb expects or needs to have or achieve: I'm going home now-I've done my quota of work for the day. + to get your full quota of sleep
3 [sing.] (politics) a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected: He was 76 votes short of the quota.

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

apportionment, portion, allotment, allocation, allowance, ration, share, part, proportion, percentage, equity, interest, Colloq cut:

Each shareholder is allowed a quota of the new shares based on the number now held.

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

full

He never takes his full quota of holidays.

| annual, daily, monthly, weekly | national | fishing, milk, etc.

the introduction of EU milk quotas

| export, import, production

VERB + QUOTA

agree, determine, establish, set | allocate, impose, introduce | increase | reduce | achieve, fill, fulfil, reach

We had to increase our output to fill the quota by the end of the year.

| exceed

Many countries are still exceeding their quotas.

QUOTA + NOUN

system

PREP.

~ for

quotas for oil production

| ~ on

national quotas on imports of cars

Concise English dictionary

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quotas'kwəʊtə
noun
+a prescribed number
+a proportional share assigned to each participant
+a limitation on imports