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• quota — 01. We caught our [quota] of fish for the day in the first two hours so then we had to stop. 02. He exceeded his [quota] of clams when he went clam digging at the beach, so he had to pay a fine. 03. Every salesman has a minimum [quota] of cars he …   Grammatical examples in English

• quota quickie — noun A quickly produced, low budget, poor quality film made in Britain (but usu US financed) in the 1920s and 30s to exploit a government measure requiring UK cinemas to show a set quota of British made films • • • Main Entry: ↑quota …   Useful english dictionary

• set — [set] vt. set, setting [ME setten < OE settan (akin to Ger setzen & Goth satjan < Gmc * satjan), caus. formation “to cause to sit” < base of SIT] 1. to place in a sitting position; cause to sit; seat 2. a) to cause (a fowl) to sit on… …   English World dictionary

• quota — also: import quota Puts limits on the quantity of certain products that can be legally imported into a particular country during a particular time frame. There is a Fixed quota, which is a maximum quantity not to be exceeded, and tariff rate… …   Financial and business terms

• quota — quo|ta [ˈkwəutə US ˈkwou ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin quota pars how large a part ] 1.) an official limit on the number or amount of something that is allowed in a particular period quota on ▪ The government has imposed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quota — n. 1) to assign, establish, fix, set a quota 2) to fill, fulfill, meet a quota 3) to exceed one s quota 4) an import; production; racial quota * * * [ kwəʊtə] establish fix. set a quota fulfill meet a quota production …   Combinatory dictionary

• quota — /kwoh teuh/, n. 1. the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc. 2. a proportional part or share of a fixed total amount or quantity. 3. the number or… …   Universalium

• quota — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ He never takes his full quota of days off. ▪ strict ▪ annual, daily, monthly, weekly …   Collocations dictionary

• set — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 group of similar things ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, entire, full, whole ▪ broad, comprehensive, huge, large …   Collocations dictionary

• quota sample — A cheaper alternative to random sampling commonly used in opinion polls , due to their narrow focus on political and other attitudes, and their high frequency giving, in effect, constant replication. Instead of interviewers being issued with a… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Disk quota — A disk quota is a limit set by a system administrator that restricts certain aspects of file system usage on modern operating systems. The function of using disk quotas is to allocate limited disk space in a reasonable way. Contents 1 Types of… …   Wikipedia