quota

  1. Noun.  A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
  2. Noun.  A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
  3. Noun.  (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

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