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quotation

[kwoh-tey-shuhn]

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noun

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.

Commerce.

the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.

the price so stated.

Origin:
1525–35; 1810–15 for def. 3; < Medieval Latin quotātiōn- (stem of quotātiō), equivalent to quotāt(us) (past participle of quotāre; see quote) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

pre·quo·ta·tion, noun

self-quo·ta·tion, noun

Can be confused: quotation, quote.

Synonyms
1. extract, citation, selection.

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Example Sentences

Faculty members in various disciplines differ vastly in their expectations concerning citation and quotation.

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My excerpts are properly enclosed in quotation marks, and are properly credited to the publisher.

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World English Dictionary

quotation (kwəʊˈteɪʃən)

—n
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.	commerce 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

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Word Origin & History

quotation

1456, "numbering," later (1532) "marginal notation," from M.L. quotationem (nom. quotatio), from quotare "to number" (see quote). Meaning "passage quoted" is from 1690.

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