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quota

[kwoh-tuh] / ˈkwoʊ tə /


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The central bank will increase its relending quota for technological innovation and equipment upgrades by 200 billion yuan to 1.4 trillion yuan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

To prevent the studio from fulfilling its annual quota with low-budget or automated content, Bonta said there were strict guardrails against "AI-generated" films.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The tribunal recommends a three-year tariff-rate quota on imported canned vegetables from countries including the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Affordable housing quota for London falls to 20%

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

“That makes your total, yes, by George, fifty! You’ve made the quota, Parmentier. Good boy, good boy! A round of cheers, gentlemen.”

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Beijing has said it firmly opposes import quotas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Issuing extra export quotas at this stage could send Chinese buyers back into the crude market and push up oil prices, although freight costs are now a big consideration for buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

From this perspective, production quotas and financial penalties regulate the consequences of consolidation but do not eliminate the underlying market power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The switch follows the so-called "mackerel war", a long-running dispute between the UK, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, the Faroe Islands, the EU and Russia over shared mackerel catch quotas.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Some countries, like the United States, had strict immigration quotas.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren




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