Quotation | Mean of quotation in English Dictionary

/kwoʊˈteɪʃən/

• Noun
• something that a person says or writes that is repeated or used by someone else in another piece of writing or a speech
1. literary/illustrative quotations [=quotes]
2. He gathered quotations from the trial transcript to prove his point.
3. a well-known quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln
4. a book of humorous quotations
• the act of using quotations in a piece of writing or a speech
1. She relied heavily on quotation in her essays, which made them less original.
• a written statement of how much money a particular job will cost to do
1. The builder gave us several price quotations [=quotes] for the new housing complex.

• a statement of the current value of stocks, bonds, or goods
1. foreign stock quotations [=quotes]