quota
Required production amount
A quota is a fixed share or allotment—the portion assigned to or expected from someone.
Sales staff have quotas to meet.
Countries impose import quotas to limit foreign goods.
Hiring quotas set minimum numbers for underrepresented groups, though such policies are often controversial: Critics argue quotas prioritize numbers over qualifications.
More loosely, quota suggests any expected amount: I've had my quota of bad news for today.
Desired end result
- objectivePurpose or goal
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
performance · sales · production · metric · KPI · attainment · shortfall · fulfillment
Designated share or portion
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- sharePortion given out
- portionDivided share given
slice · percentage · proportion · assignment · parceling · division · partition · rationing
Covering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- restrictionLimit on action
constraint · limitation · boundary · control · curb · check · brake · barrier
Certificate for reduced price
- rationFixed allotted amount
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
controlled · ticket · card · stamp · allowance · civilian · consumption · austerity
Obtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- tariffTax on traded goods
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutyRequired moral task
embargo · protectionism · WTO · GATT · dumping · countervailing · safeguard · voluntary
State of varied elements
- representationDepiction or likeness
- hiringGiving someone work
- admissionEntry or confession
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
workplace · gender · minority · underrepresented · inclusion · set-aside · preference · reserved
Travel authorization stamp
- H-1BSpecialty occupation work authorization
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- diversityState of varied elements
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
refugee · asylum · backlog · sponsorship · preference · numerical · annual · admissions
goal
Desired end result
achievement · performance · sales · production · metric · KPI · attainment · shortfall · fulfillment · meeting
allotment
Designated share or portion
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- sharePortion given out
portion · slice · percentage · proportion · assignment · parceling · division · partition · rationing · divvying
cap
Covering for top
restriction · constraint · limitation · boundary · control · curb · check · brake · barrier · regulation
coupon
Certificate for reduced price
scarcity · controlled · ticket · card · stamp · allowance · civilian · consumption · austerity · points
import
Obtain from overseas
duty · embargo · protectionism · WTO · GATT · dumping · countervailing · safeguard · voluntary · bilateral
diversity
State of varied elements
- representationDepiction or likeness
- hiringGiving someone work
- admissionEntry or confession
enrollment · workplace · gender · minority · underrepresented · inclusion · set-aside · preference · reserved · designated
visa
Travel authorization stamp
- H-1BSpecialty occupation work authorization
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- diversityState of varied elements
naturalization · refugee · asylum · backlog · sponsorship · preference · numerical · annual · admissions · citizenship
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- call centerscold call, inbound call, outbound, call volume, queue
- fish tradefish market, fish markets, fish auctions, fish seller, fishmonger
- legal restrictionsban, prohibition, restriction, restraining order, court order
quotaunlimited
Without bounds or restrictions
no limit · unrestricted · uncapped · infinite · boundless
quotafree-for-all
Unregulated group conflict
open access · first-come-first-served · unrationed · free market · open competition
- quotation marksPunctuation framing cited text
- air quotesGestured skeptical punctuation
- immigration quotasCaps on permitted newcomers
- sales quotasRequired revenue minimums
- famous quotesWidely recognized attributed statements
- movie quoteMemorable cinema dialogue
quote, quotation, quoted, quoting, quotes, quotations, quotient, quotas