quotation

Meaning

1. (countable) A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
2. (uncountable) The act of quoting someone or something.
3. (countable) A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
4. (uncountable) The act of setting a price.
5. (countable, obsolete) A quota, a share.

Synonyms

citation

quote

reference

excerpt

extract

price

cite

credit

citing

mention

rate

acknowledgment

estimate

abstract

estimation

statement

bid

figure

text

value

passage

blurb

quoting

narrative

offer

offering

offertory

presentation

proffer

quoted price

recitation

referral

remission

selection

speech

story

streak

summary

task force

tender

worth

excerption

referring to precedent

written estimate

price quoted

cost estimate

scare quote

textual authority

medical referral

appraisal

Translations

citation

Zitat

cita

📅

citazione

citaat

citação

aanhaling

αναφορά

citación

παραπομπή

cotation

devis

preventivo

Anführung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwoʊˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote + -ation.