| 词汇 | quota |
| 释义 | quota noun[ C ] uk /ˈkwəʊ.tə/ us /ˈkwoʊ.t̬ə/ a fixed, limited amount or number that is officially allowed: 定额，限额，配额 The country now has a quota on immigration.该国现在对外来移民人数有限额。 figurativeThe class contains the usual quota (= number) of troublemakers.班上也有那么些个捣蛋鬼。 General words for size and amount -sized amount bulk content dose of sth element extent footprint load measure much number order percent ration size small-scale so muchidiom strength sublot quota | American Dictionaryquota noun[ C ] us/ˈkwoʊ·t̬ə/ a number, amount, or share that is officially allowed or necessary: A bill before Congress would impose import quotas that could save 3700 jobs. quota | Business Englishquota noun[ C ] uk /ˈkwəʊtə/us a fixed limit on the amount of something that someone is allowed to have or is expected to do: an annual/monthly/daily quotaThe annual quota of 140,000 green cards is far lower than the demand. impose/introduce/set a quotaThis fiscal year, Congress set a quota of 65,000 visas. fill/meet/reach a quotaUnder the plan, private companies are legally required to fill a 3% quota with young employees. lift/reduce/raise a quotaMany agricultural quotas will be lifted. production quotas See also disabled quota IMF quota import quota job quota Examples of quotaquota However, the population dwindled and, in 1952, the quota was reduced. Where cost and convenience were considerations, judgmental or purposive sampling was adopted as well as quota sampling. Below it is considered how alterations in the discount factor and the way quotas are allocated between agents will change the results obtained above. Households were selected using a random process, and those interviewed by gender and age quotas. When the level of refillables would fall below the quota, mandatory deposits on drink containers had to be introduced. The new hierarchy and the setting of quotas would have helped manage and control the size of the lower-level personnel. The innovation lies in the fixation of quotas for this level of personnel. In these three categories, the reserved quota was nowhere near the prescribed 20 per cent. Subjects were selected by neighbourhood canvassing of elderly residents age 60 and over through a quota sampling procedure. Coincidentally, after some earlier reforms of procurement quotas and prices, the government opened timber markets in 1985. Above it is assumed that quotas are allocated according to emissions. A scheme enabling farmers to apply for free organic milk quotas was launched in 1995, and area payments, particularly for organic grain, gradually increased. Each household became responsible for its contractually assigned output quota, and for its share of taxes and the collective's other expenses. With banking of quotas, each agent can reduce emissions more than indicated by the quotas it holds. In particular the quota of long-time listeners who spent more than four hours every day listening to the radio diminished. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withquotaquotaThese are words often used in combination with quota. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. annual quota The arrangements for a special annualquota are kept under review. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 catch quota It therefore seems to me that if we permitted a catchquota system, we might find that the quotas were not taken up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 daily quota Applications must be made in advance, and are granted automatically until the dailyquota is full. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with quota |
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