quotation

UK: /kwəʊˈteɪʃ^ən/ US: /kwoʊˈteɪʃən/ ,(kwō tā′shən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

quo•ta•tion /kwoʊˈteɪʃən/   n. 

1. [countable] a word, phrase, sentence, or passage taken from a book, speech, etc., and repeated.
2. an estimate of a cost for doing some work:
   [countable] The quotation for the repairs was too high.
3. the act of quoting:
   [uncountable] Use quotation to bolster your argument.
See -quot-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

quo•ta•tion  (kwō tā′shən), n. 

1. something that is quoted;
   a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.:
   a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
2. the act or practice of quoting.
3. [Com.]
   • Business the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.
   • Business the 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;

Synonyms

• 1. extract, citation, selection.

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quotation / 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. 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. a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages