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A quota is a fixed amount or number that is set as a limit or a target - the amount you're allowed to have, or the amount you're expected to reach. Companies give salespeople a sales quota to hit each month, and governments sometimes set an immigration quota, a limit on how many people can enter a country in a year.
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
quotanoun/ˈkwəʊ.tə/
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A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
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A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
- The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).
- Captain Olimar: 'We have to work harder on finding some truly valuable treasures. The sooner we hit our quota, the sooner I can get back to my wife and kids on Hocotate.'
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businesseconomicssciencesA restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。