Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Promissory Quota

English answer:

a promissory agreement to assign a quota

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Feb 7, 2013 00:43
11 yrs ago
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English term

Promissory Quota

English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Could you please give me the definition or equivalent term to it?

Context:

"..and (ii) a Promissory Quota Assignment Agreement by and between the Corporation and..."

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Feb 21, 2013 08:48: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

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a promissory agreement to assign a quota

"Promissory" qualifies "agreement", not "quota": in other words, this expression does not refer to a "promissory quota", but to a "promissory agreement", which is a kind of contract in which one party promises to do something in the future in return for consideration.

"Quota assignment" tells us what sort of agreement this is: it is an agreement to assign a quota. A quota means a share of something. In principle it could be, for example, a production quota or an import quota, but it probably refers to shares (stock) in a company. To "assign" means to transfer ownership. So this is a quota assignment agreement (QAA), an agreement to transfer ownership of (probably) company shares. But it is a promissory QAA, not a definitive QAA, so this agreement does not actually transfer ownership of the quota or shares; it embodies a promise or undertaking by one party to assign a quota to the other party at some point in the future.
Peer comment(s):

agree Veronika McLaren
5 hrs
Thank you, Veronika :)
agree Thiago Araujo
7 hrs
Thank, Thiago :)
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