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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quo•ta•tion /kwoʊˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a word, phrase, sentence, or passage taken from a book, speech, etc., and repeated.
an estimate of a cost for doing some work:[countable]The quotation for the repairs was too high. the act of quoting:[uncountable]Use quotation to bolster your argument.See -quot-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quo•ta•tion (kwō tā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - something that is quoted;
a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.:a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters. - the act or practice of quoting.
- [Com.]
- Businessthe statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.
- Businessthe price so stated.
- Medieval Latin quotātiōn- (stem of quotātiō), equivalent. to quotāt(us) (past participle of quotāre; see quote) + -iōn- -ion
- 1525–35; 1810–15 for def. 3;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extract, citation, selection.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quotation /kwəʊˈteɪʃən/ n - a phrase or passage from a book, poem, play, etc, remembered and spoken, esp to illustrate succinctly or support a point or an argument
- the act or habit of quoting from books, plays, poems, etc
- a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
- an estimate of costs submitted by a contractor to a prospective client; tender
- a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages
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