exceed a quota The fishermen were accused of exceeding their quotas. lift/scrap a quota (=stop it ) The minister for trade lifted all quotas on imports and exports. set a quota (=say how much it is ) They have the right to set fishing quotas. 4 British English a particular number of votes that someone needs to get to be elected in an election COLLOCATIONS verbs impose/introduce a quota (=officially start it ) In 1993 the European Union imposed quotas on banana imports. I think I’ve had my quota of coffee for the day. 3 an amount of something that you think is fair, right, or normal SYN fair share quota of The committee has had more than its quota of problems. sales/production quota They’re worried that they won’t achieve this year’s sales quota. meet/make/achieve a quota Workers only get paid if they make their quota. quota for In the 1990s the Navy couldn’t fill its quota for new recruits. ► see thesaurus at amount 2 B AMOUNT an amount of something that someone is expected to do or achieve quota of Each person was given a quota of tickets to sell. There are plans to introduce strict immigration quotas. quota for Several countries have now set quotas for cod fishing. The government has decided to scrap quotas on car imports. ![]() ○○ noun 1 PG LIMIT an official limit on the number or amount of something that is allowed in a particular period quota on The government has imposed quotas on the export of timber.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Government, Business quota quo‧ta / ˈkwəʊtə $ ˈkwoʊ- /
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