quote

Meaning

Noun

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.

Verb

1. To repeat (the exact words of a person).
2. To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
3. To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
4. To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
5. To observe, to take account of.

Concepts

quote

cite

quotation

citation

quotation mark

inverted comma

excerpt

refer

mention

extract

estimate

allude

recite

guide

adduce

relate

report

demand

price

rate

name

saying

attract

introduce

retire

reference

expression

sales quote

raise

written estimate

estimated price

allude to

illustrate

show an example

re-state

regard

allege

claim

consult

describe

express

harrate

citing

request

use

repeat

daily rations

ration

appose

collocate

opening quotations

opening trading

quoting

refer to reference

refer to

bid

asking price

charge

price asked

appraisal

list

admit for quotation

borrow

lend

loan

take out

trust

bandy about

come up

recall

look up

source

price quoted

summon

pull

passage

medical referral

referral

remission

paraphrase

announce

declare

denunciate

inform

notify

proclaim

entitlement

share

sayings

trade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwəʊt/

Etymology

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.