A quota is a limit on how much you can do or have. It is a set amount that is allowed for someone or something. People use quotas to share things fairly or to control use.
Each person has a quota for sales.
Our quota for water use is small.
In trade, a quota is a rule that limits how much of a product can be brought into or sent out of a country. This helps protect businesses and jobs inside the country.
The country set a quota on vehicle imports.
The quota for rice exports was reached.
A quota can be a rule to include a certain number or percentage of people in a group. This is often used to make groups more fair or balanced, for example in jobs or education.
The school has a quota for international students.
The company has a quota for women in staff.
A quota is a set goal for work that a person must do. It is a fixed amount of products to make, sell, or tasks to complete in a certain time.
He reached his sales quota this month.
Workers have quotas to meet every day.
A quota can mean a fixed amount of something given to people when resources are limited. This helps share scarce things fairly among everyone.
During drought, we got a small water quota.
The city sets quotas for electricity use.
