Both Uses of
quota
in
1984 by Orwell
- Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfulfilled.†
p. 41..3 *
- In the preceding quarter, it appeared, the Tenth Three-Year Plan's quota for bootlaces had been overfulfilled by 98 per cent. He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces.†
p. 289..2
Definition:
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(quota) a required or fixed number or share