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
Without any deliberate policy, or quota on our side, our hearts and our choices led us naturally towards a very powerful and strong cinema carried by women.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Legal scholars and historians say the act further cemented racial and ethnic immigration quotas which were already part of the American system.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
In the 1980s, Japanese automakers responded to U.S. import quotas not by withdrawing but by building plants in the United States.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
Less than two months after its declaration, Reuters reported that police were scrambling to meet the daily arrest quotas their higher-ups imposed.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Legal scholars and historians say the act further cemented racial and ethnic immigration quotas which were already part of the American system.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
In the 1980s, Japanese automakers responded to U.S. import quotas not by withdrawing but by building plants in the United States.
—Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
Less than two months after its declaration, Reuters reported that police were scrambling to meet the daily arrest quotas their higher-ups imposed.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quota
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Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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Nicola, who hails from Grain Valley and represents portions of the Kansas City-area in the state Senate, did not return a call and text message seeking comment for this story.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
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Revamp Your Mudroom Giving your mudroom a bit of love before the summer is never a bad idea, Kersh shares.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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The results from a study among almost 500 employees show that employees with children under six have less bandwidth to help coworkers with work problems or take over a coworker’s share of the workload.—
Lieke ten Brummelhuis,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Their appeal is one of three religious rights cases the Supreme Court is deciding in the coming weeks, and could be part of a recent trend of the court siding with religious rights advocates.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Three-point shooting is also a strength for the Cavaliers, finishing the regular season with the NBA’s second-best team three-point shooting percentage at 38.3 percent while taking the fourth-most threes in the league at 41.5 per game.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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Colorado has seen the fourth highest percentage increase in homelessness in the U.S. since 2020, according to a new report.—
Derek Draplin | The Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2025
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Regardless of China’s choice, a greater proportion of U.S. conventional forces would be left to respond.—
ANDREW S. LIM,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Most of the apartment’s large prewar proportions remain the same, though the galley kitchen has been updated.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
21 Apr. 2025
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Members, who receive a living allowance and have basic expenses covered, would be paid through the end of April, according to the memo.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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The program has different investment thresholds with different allowances.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The county had previously committed more than $760,000 to the project so the new allotment increased its total contribution to about $6 million.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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According to summary provided by the House speaker’s office, the bill includes financial support for special education, bilingual education and pre-kindergarten and a $395 increase in the base amount schools get per student, known as the basic allotment.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Quota.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quota. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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