Quota Count system — Quota Count is a system used by London s Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted airports to limit the amount of noise generated by night time aircraft movements. Description From 1962 until 1993, operations at Heathrow were subject to a simple limit on… … Wikipedia
Quota Elimination — refers to an initiative to eliminate the use of quotas in all textile and clothing trade between nations which are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Doing so was one of the key commitments undertaken at the WTO Uruguay Round in 1994 … Wikipedia
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 — 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 — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ He never takes his full quota of days off. ▪ strict ▪ annual, daily, monthly, weekly … Collocations dictionary
quota system — 1. a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. 2. a policy of limiting the number of minority group members in a business firm, school, etc. 3. any… … Useful english dictionary
quota — / kwəυtə/ noun a limited amount of something which is allowed to be produced or imported, etc. ▪▪▪ ‘Canada agreed to a new duty free quota of 600,000 tonnes a year’ [Globe and Mail (Toronto)] … Marketing dictionary in english
quota — / kwəυtə/ noun a limited amount of something which is allowed to be produced, imported, etc. ▪▪▪ ‘Canada agreed to a new duty free quota of 600,000 tonnes a year’ [Globe and Mail (Toronto)] … Dictionary of banking and finance
quota — A fixed amount, for example a quota under the Taft Inter American Coffee Agreement fixing the amount of coffee to be imported into the United States from coffee producing countries of the Western Hemisphere. 21 Am J2d Cust D § 11. A particular… … Ballentine's law dictionary
