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 Fisheries as the sticking point Under EU rules, fishing quotas are based on historical fishing patterns, among other things. — Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026 The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its ten affiliated states (known as OPEC+) has contentious quotas around oil production. — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026 Canada has also imposed tariffs on automobiles from the United States, but not other countries, along with more restrictive tariff-rate quotas on cheese from the United States, the officials said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 Imports above those quotas can face prohibitively high tariffs, effectively restricting additional US dairy sales. — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Minister for the Arts Tony Burke tied the findings to government policy on local content quotas. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 Real participation and citing original sources within the community outperform purposeless content meant to meet quotas. — Amy Packard Berry, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Mining economics, processing infrastructure and government quotas would continue to determine how much material ultimately reaches global markets. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 The country sets annual quotas for the fin whales and minke whales fishermen are allowed to hunt in its waters. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Madison Square Garden Entertainment shares are up 45% this year.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
While new medicines are likely more than a year away from hitting US shelves, analysts expect Cosmo shares to nearly double over the next 12 months.

— Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of shares

Noun

The storm could generate strong swells for portions of Mexico’s southwestern coast and Baja California through the weekend, and perhaps Southern California, too, according to the hurricane center.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Users' portions of the settlement will be delivered to their PlayStation Network account wallets, according to the lawsuit's website.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

But court filings, video evidence and investigators later contradicted key parts of that account, according to CBS News.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
But Wild Horse Nine has been built around the queasy charisma of the great John Malkovich, who has made a career out of blending fragility and menace, even in his smallest parts.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

For San Francisco, a comeback of epic proportions — the club was down 11-5 entering the fourth inning — was for naught.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
With its sturdy marble base and exaggerated proportions, though, the silhouette still feels familiar.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of proportions

Noun

For years, Japan has taken steps to try to reverse its falling birth rate by expanding monthly child allowances, bringing IVF and other fertility treatments under the purview of public insurance, and expanding parental leave benefits.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Each year, the number of available allowances decreases and their price increases.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of allowances

Noun

Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

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