名词

1. 定量;定额;配额
A quota is the limited number or quantity of something which is officially allowed.

2. (给予某团体的)限额，配额
A quota is a fixed maximum or minimum proportion of people from a particular group who are allowed to do something, such as come and live in a country or work for the government.

3. 配额;份额;指标
Someone's quota of something is their expected or deserved share of it.

1. a limitation on imports

e.g. the quota for Japanese imports was negotiated

2. a proportional share assigned to each participant

3. a prescribed number

e.g. all the salesmen met their quota for the month