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a required or fixed number or share- All the salespeople met their quota for the month.
quota = a required or fixed number or share
- The quota for Japanese automobile imports was negotiated.
- Voices in the stairway, in the courtyard, said: "There is a quota. The trains must take five thousand Jews every day."Jerry Spinelli -- Milkweed
- I only stole the money to try to meet her quota.Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
- Read off the names of the boys who have reached or surpassed their quota.Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War
- I got to kill eight more Cong before I get my quota.Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
- Mustering my final quota of strength, I crawled on my arms, dragging useless legs behind me.Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
- Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts telegraphed the President, "The quota of troops required of Massachusetts is ready.Ann Petry -- Harriet Tubman
- They have their orders and their quotas to fill, just as in a factory.Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
- The quota for Chinese, however, is very low, and the number who want to get in is beyond count.Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
- Such research suggests that quotas for local female leaders may be worthwhile, because they overcome the initial hurdle that blocks women candidates.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- So many quota spots to fill with people from Pakistan and Fresno, right?Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- Is there a quota you have to meet?Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
- The quota is all used up.Judith Guest -- Ordinary People
- Point two: To ensure that we meet these targets, I will use my Presidential authority to set import quotas.Jimmy Carter -- A Crisis of Confidence
- Your share, your quota, is eighty.Mal Peet -- Tamar
- Those who did not choose to leave voluntarily would bescheduled for resettlement in weekly quotas.Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar
- She told one of the other companions that she'd made over her quota and was calling it a night.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- Such as, being largely ignored by the Capitol as long as we produce our coal quotas.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- Except, alas, he has killed his quota for the season.John Gardner -- Grendel
quota = a required amount
quota = a required or fixed number
quota = a required number
quota = a fixed number or share
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