A quota is a threshold that specifies a desired or allowed quantity of something, often allocating a limited resource.
For some examples, see :Category:Quotas, and the lists below:
Maxima Import quota, a restriction on the quantity of goods that can be imported into a country Milk quota, a quota on milk production in Europe Catch share Individual fishing quota, a quota on allowable catch Common Fisheries Policy Disk quota, a limit that restricts disk file system usage in computing Numerus clausus
Targets Market Sharing Quota, an economic system used in Canadian agriculture Quota 90
Minima Electoral quota Quotas in electoral systems Quota rule, a requirement for systems of apportionment Largest remainder methods Gender quota Ticket quota, directives by police departments for their officers to deliver a predetermined number of summons Quota Law, affirmative action in Brazil
Varied Racial quota, numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting or graduating members of a particular racial group
See also Quotaism, the concept of organizing society around a quota system Quota Elimination
Threshold (disambiguation)