Such was the case, Schweitzer says, in the early 1990s when Sears imposed a sales quota on its auto repair staff.

施韦策表示，上世纪90年代初，西尔斯对其汽车维修人员实施销售配额时，情况就是如此。

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A quota is an upper limit which is set on imports of a commodity for a fixed period of time.

配额制度是在固定一段时间内对进出口商品所设置的上限。

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This year, for the first time, the city slapped a quota on the number of vehicles that can be registered, cutting the number of its newly added cars by nearly 70 percent compared with 2010 levels.

今年，这个城市第一次对登记买车的数量进行配额限制，相比2010年的水平将新车拥有量下调了70%。

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In agreeing to a quota on "home-grown" players from the beginning of the 2010-11 season, Premier League clubs have been guided by Uefa's interest in the development of young players.

BBC: Clubs agree to 'home-grown' quota

Third, Brazil wants to limit tariff-free imports by a quota similar to the one imposed on car trade in Mercosur in response to surges in imports.

ECONOMIST: Brazil, Mexico and trade

NATO, which has spent half a century preparing for war, how much more true of the European Union, whose culture of horse-trading (my fish quota for your opt-out on social policy) is poorly suited to the sober, decisive thinking needed to run a military campaign.

ECONOMIST: Defending the Union