A quota is a numerical performance objective. [[Media:A quantitative value used to assess performance. A quota when trading means a boundry against goods alowed in and out of the country.]] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... A scale for measuring mass A quantitative property is one that exists in a range of magnitudes, and can therefore be measured. ...
Racial quotas in employment and education are numerical requirements for hiring, promoting, admitting and/or graduating members of a particular racial group. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Quotas in Pakistan were introduced in order to give equal opportunity for jobs, representation in assmeblies and educational institutions to women, non-Muslims and people from under developed rural areas. ...
The Droop quota is the quota most commonly used in elections held under the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. ... Hagenbach-Bischoff Quota is a quota system usable for allocating seats in proportional electoral systems. ... The Hare quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party-list proportional representation voting systems. ... The Imperiali quota is a formula used to calculate the minimum number, or quota, of votes required to capture a seat in some forms of single transferable vote or largest remainder method party-list proportional representation voting systems. ...
Military
Quota System (Royal Navy)(Alyssa Pagano Army)
Trade
Import quota, is a type of protectionist trade restriction
An import quota is a type of protectionist trade restriction that sets an upper limit on the quantity of a good that can be imported into a country in a given period of time. ... Individual fishing quotas (popularly abbreviated to IFQ) are a means by which many governments have tried to regulate fishing. ...
See also
Quota share, distribution of a quota amongst individual entities
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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 and Sprinkle, International Economics, 2nd Edition, 2003, p 157).
Quota owners who receive assets as a bequest or inheritance from a decedent, have a basis equal to the fair market value (FMV) of the asset on date of death of the decedent (six months after the date of death if the alternate valuation date is elected).
Quota owners who receive assets, such as tobacco quota, as a gift, have the donor's carryover basis in the asset increased by the portion of gift taxes attributable to the appreciation in value of the property.
If quota owners have incorrectly taken amortization deductions for the tobacco quota purchased after August 10, 1993, the basis of their quota is adjusted by the amount of amortization taken.