quota

ノルマ、定員

達成すべき、または超えてはいけないと決められた数や割合。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a quota of an amount (Each worker has a quota of twenty calls a day.)

類義語： target, requirement

よく使う表現： sales quota, meet a quota, daily quota, production quota

割当量、制限枠

公式に認められている量の上限。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： limit, cap

よく使う表現： fishing quota, import quota, exceed a quota

割当、持ち分

個人や集団に正式に与えられた分や量。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a quota of something (Each village received its quota of fuel.)

類義語： share, allocation, portion

よく使う表現： someone’s quota, quota of supplies, receive a quota