(n.) A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Example Sentences:
(1) A recent UN study ranked Brazil 116th out of 143 countries in terms of the proportion of women in the national legislature and efforts to remedy this with a quota system – such as those adopted by neighbouring Argentina and Bolivia – have made little headway, despite Suplicy's heavy campaigning.
(2) Despite a new quota system demanding that the largest members send one woman for every four men, just 17% of the 2,500 delegates are female.
(3) Two weeks ago, the production quotas for all colony brigades was arbitrarily increased by 50 units.
(4) In the method of blood taking without previous desinfection of the skin the quota of positive blood cultures increased by the twofold to threefold per culture and test person (5.7 to 18.8% and 11.3 to 26.3%, respectively).
(5) A representative sample of 400 people, using quota sampling in 40 randomly selected electoral wards, completed a schedule structured part self administered questionnaire.
(6) This good quota at the beginning of the group sessions can be explained of this high acceptance rate appears to be a direct result of the group meetings.
(7) Theymake up 77% of the UK's fishing boats, but only get 4% of the fishing quota.
(8) 21 ringed fibres were found, raises the quota to 6.7%.
(9) Germany and France have adopted a joint position, criticising but not rejecting the commission’s quota scheme while setting conditions such as the freezing of visa waiver schemes for the countries of the Balkans, and insisting that Italy fingerprint and register all new arrivals to keep them from travelling north to other EU countries.
(10) I think there are issues in the fishing industry with quotas, but those are things that can be negotiated.
(11) Germany and France demand binding refugee quotas for EU members Read more “Those arriving have been raised in another religion and represent a radically different culture.
(12) Ofcom has already moved to allow more regional hubs for local commercial radio, relax local programming quotas, and encourage digital stations.
(13) The increase of the protein quota as well as that attained by means of introducing in the diet of soybean protein isolate reduces the therapeutic effect of the diet on hemostasis.
(14) To check on impressionistic assertions that the United States is becoming an "age-irrelevant society," a quota sample of white-collar and blue-collar men and women (ages eighteen to seventy; N = 462) was studied with a questionnaire that asked for designation of the most suitable ages for various role transitions and age-related attributes.
(15) She had made her daily quota of cash needed to pay her bills.
(16) But according to those at the Brussels conference, quotas work.
(17) It also indicates that there is considerable value in production research which gives more precise knowledge of production systems, thus allowing producers to respond optimally to quota cuts.
(18) The 14-member committee – whose only woman is Northampton MP Sally Keeble – stopped short of calling for quotas on female board representation in financial firms or for legal changes to boost the profile of women in the City.
(19) Rightly, they have concerns over maintaining the integrity of affirmative action quotas.
(20) For weeks EU governments have been embroiled in a battle over commission demands to ease Italy’s burden by creating a new quotas system sharing asylum-seekers across the union.