QUOTAS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

quotas

noun

plural of quota

as in shares

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group you need to meet your sales quota, or you'll be put on probation

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Recent Examples of quotas The country’s current immigration policies are controlled by people who believe that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which ended exclusionary quotas against non-European immigrants including South Asians, needs to be rolled back. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Territories needed to be assigned, quotas had to be set, and compensation needed to be calculated accurately and paid on time. — Arnab Mishra, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Responses with the error were discarded, as were voters who had already been attempted, and quotas were reset. — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Botswana has issued annual quotas to hunt between 200 and more than 400 elephants recently, depending on the year. — Sello Motseta, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Under the terms of its settlement agreement, if Paramount falls short of its annual quotas, it’ll be fined $30 million per film, 90% of which will be paid out to film workers and 10% to the National Association of Attorneys General. — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 Neither side was on schedule to meet their respective purchasing quotas before Xi’s trip to Washington. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026 Nodding to that criticism, Blizzard placed the decision to settle squarely on theater owners that ultimately supported the megamerger and are thought to be protected under annual film quotas guaranteed in the settlement. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026 The document covers everything from theatrical release quotas and production spending to the practical steps Paramount will need to take while setting up editorial safeguards to protect journalistic integrity at CBS News and CNN. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026

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Noun

That news knocked about 5% off its shares on July 27 and sent the cost of insuring its debt sharply higher.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
The Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners are the sole holders of Skydance’s Class A stock, giving them 100% control the voting shares.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of shares

Noun

The possible outages would affect portions of counties, not entire counties, the utility stressed.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Scoop the cookie dough in small portions all over the top of the brownie batter, leaving space between them for the brownie batter to rise up during baking.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

Channels would connect different parts of the system, while the flexible fibers would regulate fluid movement and retain information.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Witnesses told South Korean media that the attacker appeared to have knives tied to both hands and stabbed people in different parts of the mall while moving up and down the floors on an escalator.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

All of those percentages were higher than their overall percentages, though Portis, Wiggins and Hardaway all topped 40 percent on all three-point attempts.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026
Although time will tell whether academic gains will follow these additional school days, attendance percentages offer a glimpse of how many students were in the classroom during this time.

— Lina Ruiz October 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of percentages

Noun

The movement has reached almost unprecedented proportions, with other sectors joining the students, demanding better learning conditions and fighting against the cost-of-living crisis, hike in fuel prices, and erosion of social welfare.

— Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
Upon close examination, however, the epic proportions are there in miniature.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of proportions

Noun

Rather, the law ties two practical allowances to Maryland’s recommendations rather than to federal guidance.

— Adejare Atanda, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
OpenAI says Dot usage will temporarily not count against eligible users' plan allowances during the introductory period, with longer-term usage terms still to come.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of allowances

Noun

These allotments seemed more than reasonable given the annual water flow at the time.

— Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026
Since the current auction process began in late July, entire daily allotments have routinely sold out, despite the increases in auction prices that have occurred over the past few months.

— SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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