quota
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The fuel price hikes and quota cuts have triggered protests and strikes by Iranian truck, taxi and ride-share drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The tribunal recommends a three-year tariff-rate quota on imported canned vegetables from countries including the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Going at the end of the month — when the staff may be trying to hit a sales quota — can work in your favor, too.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He suggested a reduction in EU quota access which he said was placing additional pressure on the UK's steel operations.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Even his own long friendship with her didn’t shelter him when they were behind quota.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
The levers to accomplish our foreign-policy goals include trade policy, through tariffs, quotas, investment policies, regulatory barriers and other instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Refineries have to blend increasing amounts of biofuels into products or buy regulatory credits to comply with quotas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
From this perspective, production quotas and financial penalties regulate the consequences of consolidation but do not eliminate the underlying market power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Fife Council has said finding reasonably priced housing in St Andrews is a "major challenge" and has put in measures such as quotas of affordable housing in new developments to try and help.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Slowly, though, I began to understand that there were many versions of quotas being filled at the school.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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