Quota-system
noun
1.
a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
2.
a policy of limiting the number of minority group members in a business firm, school, etc.
3.
any hiring or admissions policy requiring that a specified number or percentage of minority group members be hired or admitted.
Read Also:
- Quotation-mark
noun 1. one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, […]
- Quotations
[kwoh-tey-shuh n] /kwoʊˈteɪ ʃən/ noun 1. something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln’s letters. 2. the act or practice of quoting. 3. Commerce. /kwəʊˈteɪʃən/ noun 1. a phrase or passage from a book, poem, play, etc, remembered and spoken, esp to illustrate succinctly […]
- Quote chapter and verse
[by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant excerpt from an appropriate bible. “I don’t care if “rn” gets it wrong; “Followup-To: poster” is explicitly permitted by RFC 1036. I’ll quote chapter and verse if you don’t believe me.” See also legalese, language lawyer, RTFS (sense 2). [Jargon File]
- Quote
[kwoht] /kwoʊt/ verb (used with object), quoted, quoting. 1. to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. 2. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). 3. to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven’s Fifth in his latest work. 4. […]
- Quoted
[kwoht] /kwoʊt/ verb (used with object), quoted, quoting. 1. to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. 2. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). 3. to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven’s Fifth in his latest work. 4. […]