Quota
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A quota in economics is a limit on the quantity of a good that may be imported.
A quota in affirmative action is a predetermined, fixed percentage of selected spoons (such as employees or students) who must be members of a certain race. It is generally illegal to use actual quotas in hiring or school admissions.