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noun
a limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular. a limited quantity of a particular product that under official controls can be produced, exported, or imported:the country may be exceeding its OPEC quota of 1,100,000 barrels of oil per day a fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute:the Faeroe Islands' commercial salmon quota a person’s share of something that must be done:they were arrested to help fill the quota of arrests the security police had to make during the crackdown a fixed minimum or maximum number of a particular group of people allowed to do something, as immigrants to enter a country, workers to undertake a job, or students to enroll for a course:they demanded a quota for women on the committee (in a system of proportional representation) the minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate. a person’s share of a particular thing, quality, or attribute:an Irishman with a double ration of blarney and a treble quota of charm
