Quotation

Noun

 * 1) A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else.  Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.
 * "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
 * 1) The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted.
 * Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.

Synonyms

 * quote
 * citation

Derived terms

 * quotation mark

Related terms

 * attestation

Verbs for Quotation
apply—to; bejewel with—s; comprehend—; condense into—; contract into—; eschew—; fling—at; frame—; memorize—; ooze—s; pepper with—s; recall—; refer to—; value —; —directs; —embodies; —exemplifies; —illustrates; —impresses; —instructs; — prescribes; —sparkles; —teaches; —warns.

Thesaurus
allusion, asking price, bargain price, bearish prices, bid, bid price, book value, bullish prices, call price, case, cash price, charge, citation, closing price, controlled price, cost, cross reference, current price, current quotation, cut price, decline, demonstration, doubling, duplication, echo, example, excerpt, exemplification, extract, face value, fixed price, flash price, flat rate, flurry, flutter, going price, high, illustration, imitation, instance, issue par, issue price, item, list price, low, market price, market value, neat price, net, nominal value, offering price, opening price, package price, par, par value, parity, particular, passage, piece price, plagiarism, price, price list, prices current, put price, quote, quoted price, rally, rate, reappearance, rebirth, recommended price, recurrence, redoubling, reduplication, reecho, reference, regurgitation, reincarnation, renewal, reoccurrence, repetition, reproduction, resumption, return, selection, selling price, settling price, stated value, stock market quotations, swings, trade price, unit price, value, wholesale price

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 * Chinese: 引語, 引语 (yǐnyǔ)
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 * Hebrew: צִטּוּט (tsitut), מוּבָאָה (muvah) , צִיטָטָה (tsitata)
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 * Japanese: 引用 (いにょう, inyō)
 * Korean: 인용 (inyong)
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 * Finnish: tarjous