# quotation

Pronunciation: say "kwoh-TAY-shuhn" US /kwoʊˈteɪʃən/, UK /kwəʊˈteɪʃən/

## Noun

1. A piece of someone's spoken or written expression, such as a line from literature or a famous speech, repeated by another person.
   - Simple: Words that someone said or wrote, and that another person repeats later.
   - _The article opened with a quotation from Lincoln's second inaugural address._
   - _Her essay was peppered with quotations from nineteenth-century novels._
2. A stated price at which someone offers to buy or sell something.
   - Simple: The price a seller says they will charge for something.
   - _The contractor's quotation came in well above our budget._
   - _Buyers compared quotations from several suppliers before placing the order._
3. The act of repeating another person's words or of reproducing a passage from some other source.
   - Simple: The act of repeating someone's exact words in your speech or writing.
   - _Extensive quotation from the novel pushed the review past fair-use limits._
   - _Accurate quotation matters more in journalism than elegant paraphrase._
4. The act of stating or setting the price at which something will be bought, sold, or done.
   - Simple: The act of telling someone how much something will cost.
   - _Quotation of fares is handled automatically by the airline's booking system._
   - _Company policy requires written quotation before any contract is signed._

## Noun

5. A share or allotted portion; the part of a whole that falls to each person or group. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A share of something, or the amount that each person must give.

## Origin

The obsolete sense "quota" comes from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, and is recorded from the 15th century. The sense "a fragment of verbal expression," recorded from the 17th century, may derive from this source or else from the verb quote plus -ation.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/quotation (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).