Quotation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  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. Commerce.
    • the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.
    • the price so stated.
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. 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. a large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages
Quotation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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