quota

cuota, cupo

Número o porcentaje establecido que se debe alcanzar o no superar.

En inglés sencillo: A fixed number or percentage that must be reached or kept within.

• I met my sales quota.
• The factory increased its daily production quota.
• The company set a quota for hiring new trainees.

Cómo se usa: a quota of an amount (Each worker has a quota of twenty calls a day.)

Sinónimos: target, requirement

Expresiones frecuentes: sales quota, meet a quota, daily quota, production quota

cuota, cupo

Cantidad máxima de algo que se permite oficialmente.

En inglés sencillo: An official limit on how much of something is allowed.

• The boat exceeded its fishing quota.
• The government reduced the import quota.
• Have we reached our annual quota for water use?

Cómo se usa: a quota on something (The government imposed a quota on imported cars.); a quota of an amount (Each boat has a quota of ten tonnes.)

Sinónimos: limit, cap

Expresiones frecuentes: fishing quota, import quota, exceed a quota

cuota, parte

Parte de algo que se asigna oficialmente a una persona o grupo.

En inglés sencillo: A share of something that is officially given or assigned to a person or group.

• Each family received its quota of grain.
• The committee assigned a quota of funds to each district.
• Every member paid their quota of the shared costs.

Cómo se usa: a quota of something (Each village received its quota of fuel.)

Sinónimos: share, allocation, portion

Expresiones frecuentes: someone’s quota, quota of supplies, receive a quota