How to Use quota in a Sentence

quota

noun
Definition of quotanext
Synonyms for quotanext
  • The company has imposed quotas on hiring.
  • The agency imposes strict fishing quotas.
  • The department set new sales quotas in January.
  • He lost his driver's license because he exceeded the quota of traffic violations.
  • The quota for fin whales was dropped to zero in 1976, the study says.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 July 2022
  • My cuteness quota has been filled for the day, that's for sure.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 July 2023
  • Xu said 86% of the quota handed down last year has been used.
    — Bloomberg.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Maine fishermen are about 80% of the way through this year’s elver quota.
    — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 2 May 2024
  • At his last factory, the daily quota went up to 36 RVs a day.
    — Binghui Huang, IndyStar, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Many put the cap on Denver’s number of wins in the series at one, and the Nuggets have already hit that quota.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • That comes at the expense of African members who were asked to give up part of their unused quota.
    — Ben Bartenstein, Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2023
  • The board could also extend the current quota for three years.
    — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • China’s rare earths quota system has changed over the years.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The can has just begun to spit them into the bar, but the ocean is still full of salmon and the quota was only half-done by last Sunday.
    — oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Bowe ended up in the event anyway because the U.S. received a third quota spot.
    — Noah Trister, ajc, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The committee elected the status quo for the hunting quota in the northern herd.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • For them, the quota issue was merely the tip of an iceberg, a symbol of a system stacked against them.
    — Ali Riaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Talibés are forced to beg for money each day, and if their quota is not filled, they can be beaten and starved.
    — Guy Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Most times, the tests run by QA engineers are completed as if there is a quota of tests to be met.
    — Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • The season runs from April until June, or until quotas are met.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Prices of grain in both countries have dropped since the EU scrapped duties and quotas on Ukrainian grain imports last year.
    — Thomas Grove, wsj.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The rule allows plug-in hybrids with at least 50 miles of all-electric range to account for up to 20% of each model year’s quota.
    — Victoria Stavish, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The mission becomes about more than sales quotas, launch dates or paychecks.
    — Jeffrey Russell, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Reflective of last year's drop in kill, the statewide antlerless quota is 4% lower than last year.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2022
  • Make pit stops at the Reims Cathedral and the Palace of Tau to fulfill your cultural quota before heading to the wineries.
    — Elly Leavitt, House Beautiful, 21 Aug. 2023
  • This year’s quota is much larger, at 5.8 million pounds; that’s more than five times the size of last year’s harvest level.
    — Kirsten Dobroth, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Soria said the clinic bases the number of urine screenings for drugs on each patient's needs rather than any quota.
    — The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022
  • These quotas remained in place for over a decade, until the Immigration Act of 1965.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The result is that too many reps fail to hit quota, and organizations fail to develop next quarter’s pipeline.
    — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • There was no discussion about quotas or raising the profile of Asian women into leadership roles.
    — Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024

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