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Limits vs Quota - What's the difference?

limits | quota |

As nouns the difference between limits and quota

is that limits is while quota is a proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

limits

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (limit)
  • quota

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
  • A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
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  • (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
  • Synonyms

    * (proportional part) allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum