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In common language, especially in business, a quota is a time-measured goal for production or achievement. An assembly line worker might have a quota for the number of products made; a salesperson might have a quota to meet for weekly sales; a police officer might have a quota for tickets issued or arrests made. In trade, a quota is a form of protectionism used to restrict the import of something to a specific quantity (Sawyer & Sprinkle, International Economics, 2nd Edition , 2003, p 157). The number of cars imported from Japan may have a quota of 50,000 vehicles per annum to protect auto manufacturers in the United States.

In proportional representation, a quota is a lowerbound on the number of votes needed to be elected. There are a number of such schemes:

In computing:

disk quota

In affirmative action:

In immigration:

Emergency Quota Act

In the IMF:

IMF Quotas

In Fisheries management:

Individual Fishing Quotas

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	In common language, especially in [[business]], a quota is a time-measured goal for production or achievement. An [[assembly line]] worker might have a quota for the number of products made; a salesperson might have a quota to meet for weekly sales; a [[police officer]] might have a quota for [[Tickets#Notification\|tickets]] issued or [[arrests]] made. In trade, a quota is a form of [[protectionism]] used to restrict the [[import]] of something to a specific quantity (Sawyer & Sprinkle, ''International Economics, 2nd Edition'' , 2003, p 157). The number of cars imported from [[Japan]] may have a quota of 50,000 vehicles per annum to protect auto manufacturers in the [[United States]].		In common language, especially in [[business]], a quota is a time-measured goal for production or achievement. An [[assembly line]] worker might have a quota for the number of products made; a salesperson might have a quota to meet for weekly sales; a [[police officer]] might have a quota for [[Tickets#Notification\|tickets]] issued or [[arrests]] made. In trade, a quota is a form of [[protectionism]] used to restrict the [[import]] of something to a specific quantity (Sawyer & Sprinkle, ''International Economics, 2nd Edition'' , 2003, p 157). The number of cars imported from [[Japan]] may have a quota of 50,000 vehicles per annum to protect auto manufacturers in the [[United States]].