A quotation is a sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, or play, which is repeated by someone else.
He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak. [+ from]
The quotation is from The Great Gatsby.
Synonyms: passage, quote [informal], excerpt, cutting More Synonyms of quotation
2. countable noun
When someone gives you a quotation, they tell you how much they will charge to do a particular piece of work.
Get several written quotations and check exactly what's included in the cost.
Synonyms: estimate, price, tender, rate More Synonyms of quotation
3. countable noun
A company's quotation on the stock exchange is its registration on the stock exchange, which enables its shares to be officiallylisted and traded.
[business]
...an investment manager with a quotation on the London stock market. [+ on]
quotation in British English
(kwəʊˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.
a phrase or passage from a book, poem, play, etc, remembered and spoken, esp to illustrate succinctly or support a point or an argument
2.
the act or habit of quoting from books, plays, poems, etc
3. business
a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
4.
an estimate of costs submitted by a contractor to a prospective client; tender
5. stock exchange
registration granted to a company or governmental body, enabling the shares and other securities of the company or body to be officially listed and traded
6. printing
a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages
quotation in American English
(kwoʊˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or practice of quoting
2.
the words or passage quoted
3. Business
a.
the current quoted price of a stock, bond, commodity, etc.
b.
a document containing such a price or prices, usually an offer to sell that which is quoted
Word origin
ML quotatio
Examples of 'quotation' in a sentence
quotation
The president has not denied any of the quotations in the book.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is no secret volume containing this stock of quotations.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Why does he use block quotations here and shorter quotations elsewhere?
Marius, Richard A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995)
The quotations in this book are a gold mine for other writers.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
When her publisher suggested a quotations book, initially she was ill at ease with the idea.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I have searched most quotation books without success.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
General practice places a colon at the end of the sentence that introduces the block quotation, but this practice is not always observed.
Marius, Richard A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995)
A quick glance at the copyright page of these two new books of quotations shows the frequency of new editions increasing steadily since the mid-1990s.
The Times Literary Supplement (2009)
Contrary to what many people think, you need neither a great knowledge of the classics nor a mind stocked with literary quotations to enjoy the puzzle's subtlety.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Quotations
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the languageSamuel JohnsonDictionary of the English Language (preface)
In other languages
quotation
British English: quotation /kwəʊˈteɪʃən/ NOUN
A quotation is a sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, or play.
He used quotations from his favourite poem in the speech.
American English: quotation
Arabic: اِقْتِبَاس
Brazilian Portuguese: citação
Chinese: 引语
Croatian: citat
Czech: citát
Danish: citat
Dutch: citaat
European Spanish: cita texto
Finnish: lainaus
French: citation
German: Zitat
Greek: περικοπή
Italian: citazione
Japanese: 引用文
Korean: 인용문
Norwegian: sitat
Polish: cytat
European Portuguese: citação
Romanian: citat
Russian: цитата
Latin American Spanish: cita mención
Swedish: citat
Thai: ข้อความอ้างอิง
Turkish: alıntı
Ukrainian: цитата
Vietnamese: đoạn trích dẫn
All related terms of 'quotation'
quasi-quotation
a metalinguistic device for referring to the form of an expression containing variables without referring to the symbols for those variables. Thus while "not p " refers to the expression consisting of the word not followed by the letter p, the quasi-quotation ⌈ not p ⌉ refers to the form of any expression consisting of the word not followed by any value of the variable p
quotation mark
Quotation marks are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as "..." or, in Britain , '...' .
quotation marks
either of the punctuation marks used to begin or end a quotation , respectively “ and ” or ‘ and ’ in English printing and writing . When double marks are used, single marks indicate a quotation within a quotation, and vice versa
forward quotation
(in commerce ) the price quoted for goods sent on forward delivery
NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System