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quotation
- /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote + -ation.
noun quotations
- A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech. "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
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The act of quoting someone or something.
One of these preachers was a blacksmith, whose iron constitution had entirely given way, and the little strength that remained he exhausted in endless quotation of texts from the Bible.
Similar: citation
- A price that has been quoted for buying or selling. Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.
- The act of setting a price.
- A quota, a share.
Similar: quote
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: quote, reference, mention, credit, citation, quoting, quotes, cited, phrase, excerpt, saying, juxtaposition, proverb, referral, listing, maxim
noun
Similar: quote
Translations
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noun act of naming a price; price that has been quoted
| Español | presupuesto, cotización |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 견적 gyeonjeok |
| 日本語 | 見積もり mitsumori |
| 中文 | 報價 /报价 bàojià |
| Português | cotação |
| Français | devis, cotation |
| Deutsch | Angebot, Preisangebot |
| Italiano | preventivo |
| Русский | расце́нка rascénka, расце́нивание rascénivanije |
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title = {quotation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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