quota

Universal Words noun 1 [C] the limited number or amount of people or things that is officially allowed: to introduce a strict import quota on grain * a quota system for accepting refugees 2 [C] an amount of sth that sb expects or needs to have or achieve: I'm going home now-I've done my quota of work for the day. * to get your full quota of sleep 3 [sing.] (politics) a fixed number of votes that a candidate needs in order to be elected: He was 76 votes short of the quota.