as in portion
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
you need to meet your sales quota, or you'll be put on probation
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Recent Examples of quota
These policies attempt to limit international trade to create less competition for domestic industries through the use of tariffs or import quotas.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Earlier pacts with Australia, Malaysia and Thailand also outlined multibillion-dollar plans, commitments to fair trade practices and to avoid export bans or quotas.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
The rate quota on Argentine beef will be raised to 80,000 metric tons, Reuters reported, allowing Argentina to ship more cuts to the United States at a lower rate of duty.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Out of 12 million, [the Argentine quota] would be 20,000 every quarter.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Earlier pacts with Australia, Malaysia and Thailand also outlined multibillion-dollar plans, commitments to fair trade practices and to avoid export bans or quotas.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
The rate quota on Argentine beef will be raised to 80,000 metric tons, Reuters reported, allowing Argentina to ship more cuts to the United States at a lower rate of duty.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Out of 12 million, [the Argentine quota] would be 20,000 every quarter.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quota
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The service was crisp, the portions were highly generous (don’t miss the breakfast buffet).—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Looking ahead, Rees said the North American consumer is bifurcated, with highly affluent shoppers in great financial shape and a large portion of customers at the lower end who are super cautious about their spending and buying closer to need.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Qatari company also owns a 25% share of the International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways, Spain’s Iberia, Ireland’s Aer Lingus and other, lower-cost carriers.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The five companies with the largest share of SNAP recipient households on their payrolls in Arkansas were Walmart, McDonald's, Dollar General, Sonic and Tyson Foods.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Trump had previously signaled openness to allowing Nvidia to sell its advanced Blackwell AI chip to China as part of his trade war truce with Beijing.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The affair has become a part of a larger attack on Israel’s judiciary from Netanyahu’s coalition.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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But then every year, for example, with the countdown events in the years, the crowd that gathered in Shibuya, the percentage of non-Japanese citizens gathered there, the international crowd became more and more and more until maybe half of the people were international.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Nov. 2025
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In a November 2017 ABC News/Washington Post poll, voters had an 11-percentage-point preference for Democratic candidates.—
Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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This entire swap would have been a disaster of massive proportions had those two not remained chained together.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The new species was identified by its DNA, coloring, finger and toe shape, body proportions, skin texture and other subtle physical features.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Those payments initially continued under Charles, the reports said, but it is understood that the King had stopped providing the allowance.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Seitz, director of family finance and education at Greenlight, suggests taking advantage of card features that allow parents to automate allowance.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
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Boozman's remarks to reporters on Tuesday followed the department's recent warning to state agencies about suspending allotments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, citing the nearly monthlong federal government shutdown as the reason.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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In Arizona, the BLM manages 770 active grazing permits and leases on 841 allotments, including some public lands with special conservation considerations such as national conservation areas, wilderness areas and national monuments.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Quota.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quota. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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