quota
n.— «One woman, who asked to remain anonymous, organizes a Central American money pool, called a quota, in the Bronx and has had her apartment burglarized three times on collection day. There’s even a special word, tumbe, for a quota robbery.» —“Money pools float immigrant dreams” by Ari Rabinovitch Naples Daily News (Florida) Nov. 26, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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