Quota and Take

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Quota noun - Something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group.

Usage example: you need to meet your sales quota, or you'll be put on probation

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Take and quota are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a noun "Quota".

Nearby Word: quotation

Take noun - Something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group.

Usage example: because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected

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Quota and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quota" instead a noun "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

usual	usual quota	usual take
massive	massive quota	massive take
huge	huge quota	huge take
beautiful	beautiful quota	beautiful take
Other adjectives: next, previous.

He doesn't make deals, and instead tries to tempt people into committing crimes out of the mortal sin of Greed to damn their own souls, which he can then take "home" when he fills his quota.

Source: Film / Ghost Ship
Since they are all very likely to be considered The Scrappy (by at least some of the fandom), these works sometimes (not always) include a huge quota of Take That, Scrappy!.

Source: Series Minus Series Core
Refugees from recent wars in South Sudan and Syria may fit this trope (being considered a burden) as many refugee-receiving destinations say they have a definite quota on the amount they can (or want to) take.

Source: War Refugees

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