quota

quota, objectif

Nombre ou pourcentage fixé qu’il faut atteindre ou ne pas dépasser.

En anglais simple : A fixed number or percentage that must be reached or kept within.

• I met my sales quota.
• The factory increased its daily production quota.
• The company set a quota for hiring new trainees.

Comment l'utiliser : a quota of an amount (Each worker has a quota of twenty calls a day.)

Synonymes : target, requirement

Expressions courantes : sales quota, meet a quota, daily quota, production quota

quota, contingent

Quantité maximale de quelque chose autorisée officiellement.

En anglais simple : An official limit on how much of something is allowed.

• The boat exceeded its fishing quota.
• The government reduced the import quota.
• Have we reached our annual quota for water use?

Comment l'utiliser : a quota on something (The government imposed a quota on imported cars.); a quota of an amount (Each boat has a quota of ten tonnes.)

Synonymes : limit, cap

Expressions courantes : fishing quota, import quota, exceed a quota

quote-part, part

Part de quelque chose officiellement attribuée à une personne ou à un groupe.

En anglais simple : A share of something that is officially given or assigned to a person or group.

• Each family received its quota of grain.
• The committee assigned a quota of funds to each district.
• Every member paid their quota of the shared costs.

Comment l'utiliser : a quota of something (Each village received its quota of fuel.)

Synonymes : share, allocation, portion

Expressions courantes : someone’s quota, quota of supplies, receive a quota