quota
part of speech
noun (a quota, quotas)
meaning for a pupil
1) A fixed amount or number of something that a person, group or country is allowed to have, or must reach. tree →
2) A limit on how many things can come in or be sold, for example a quota on fish that can be caught. tree →
3) (work) A target number of jobs or sales a worker must do in a set time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, quotas set limits (fishing quotas protect fish so they do not run out) or targets (a salesperson's monthly quota). In school maths, a quota is a share or fixed number: if each class has a quota of 5 tickets, 6 classes get 30 tickets. In the news, quotas appear in talk about trade, fishing and immigration. Phrases: meet the quota, fill a quota, a fishing quota, over quota, a daily quota.
examples
- Each class has a quota of five tickets for the school play. tree →
- Fishing boats must not catch more than their quota of cod. tree →
- I have reached my screen-time quota for today. tree →
- The factory had to meet its quota of 500 bikes a week. tree →
- Mum jokes that she has used up her quota of patience. tree →
- Some countries set a quota on how many cars can be imported. tree →
- If each of 8 teams has a quota of 12 players, there are 96 players in all. tree →
note
Countable: one quota, two quotas. In maths problems, a quota is usually a fixed number per person or group: multiply the quota by the number of groups to get the total, and anything over the quota is the extra. Do not confuse with "quote" (words someone said).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «quota» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.