n.

1. 配额；定额；限额[C]
   Our group fulfilled this month's quota ahead of time.

   我们组提前完成了这个月的定额。

   Each has his quota of work for the day.

   每个人的工作日都有定额。

n.

1. a limited quantity of a product which may be produced, exported, or imported.
2. a share of something that one is entitled to receive or bound to contribute.
3. a fixed number of a group allowed to do something, e.g. immigrants to enter a country.
4. (in a system of proportional representation) the minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate.