Quota
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Commerce
- Import quotaImport quotaAn import quota is a type of protectionist trade restriction that sets a physical limit on the quantity of a good that can be imported into a country in a given period of time....
, a type of trade restriction - Production quotaProduction quotaA production quota is a goal for the production of a good. It is typically set by a government or an organization, and can be applied to an individual worker, firm, industry or country. Quotas can be set high to encourage production, or can be used to limit production to control the supply of goods...
- Sales quota, a minimum sales goal for a set time span
- Tariff-rate quotaTariff-rate quotaA tariff-rate quota is a trade policy tool used to protect a domestically-produced commodity or product from competitive imports.A TRQ combines two policy instruments that nations historically have used to restrict such imports: quotas and tariffs. In a TRQ, the quota component works together with...
, a type of trade restriction
Electoral systems
- Droop quotaDroop QuotaThe Droop quota is the quota most commonly used in elections held under the Single Transferable Vote system. It is also sometimes used in elections held under the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation . In an STV election the quota is the minimum number of votes a...
- Election thresholdElection thresholdIn party-list proportional representation systems, an election threshold is a clause that stipulates that a party must receive a minimum percentage of votes, either nationally or within a particular district, to obtain any seats in the parliament...
- Hagenbach-Bischoff quotaHagenbach-Bischoff quotaThe Hagenbach-Bischoff quota is a formula used in some voting systems based on proportional representation . It is used in some elections held under the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation as well as in a variant of the D'Hondt method known as the Hagenbach-Bischoff...
- Hare quotaHare quotaThe Hare quota is a formula used under some forms of the Single Transferable Vote system and the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation...
- Imperiali quotaImperiali quotaThe 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....
Other
- Quota shareQuota shareA quota share is a specified number or percentage of the allotment as a whole , that is prescribed to each individual entity ....
, distribution of a quota amongst individual entities - Jewish quotaJewish quotaJewish quota was a percentage that limited the number of Jews in various establishments. In particular, in 19th and 20th centuries some countries had Jewish quotas for higher education, a special case of Numerus clausus....
, a limit on the number of Jews to be employed or admitted - Ticket quotaTicket quotaTicket quotas are the minimal number of tickets to be issued by a law enforcement officer for issuing parking tickets, stopping people for moving violations, issuing quality of life summonses and even for making arrests...
, target outputs for police forces