quote

Meaning

1. A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
2. A quotation mark.
3. A summary of work to be done with a set price.
4. A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity.

cite

refer to

allude to

sales quote

written estimate

estimated price

daily rations

price quoted

re-state

show an example

harrate

price asked

opening quotations

opening trading

refer to reference

medical referral

admit for quotation

allege

declare

illustrate

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwəʊt/

From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.

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