transferable quota

collocation in English

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transferable
adjective
uk
/trænsˈfɜː.rə.bəl/us
/trænsˈfɝː.ə.bəl/
able to be used or legally owned by ...
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quota
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkwəʊ.tə/us
/ˈkwoʊ.t̬ə/
a fixed, limited amount or number that is ...
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(Definition oftransferableandquotafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thetransferablequotasystem is easy to work but it lands us in the situation where a fisherman's quota is worth more than his boat.
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You will also get a more regular working week under thetransferablequota.
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Thetransferablequotawill be to the benefit of the industry and of the men.
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The tax-redistribution scheme that we model can also be described as a particular version of transferable quotas.
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In some public debate, rights-based management is equated with the employment of individual transferable quotas.
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We need to explore the notion of individually transferable quotas to enable the fisherman to take more decisions about his investment capacity and requirement.
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Individual transferable quotas have interested me for some time.
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The committee gives a guarded welcome to the idea of individual transferable quotas.
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Appropriate emphasis has been placed on individual transferable quotas.
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That can, to some extent, be overcome by having transferable quotas, but it is undoubtedly a very grave drawback of anything approaching a quota system.
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Secondly, we suggest that there should be a feasibility study of introducing a control system based on individual transferable quotas.
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