'Quotation' definitions:
Definition of 'quotation'
From: WordNet
noun
A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation]
noun
noun
A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
noun
The practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
Definition of 'Quotation'
From: GCIDE
- Quotation \Quo*ta"tion\ (kw[-o]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [From Quote.]
- 1. The act of quoting or citing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.
- 4. Quota; share. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Print.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Quotation marks (Print.), two inverted commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage quoted from an author in his own words. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quotation'
From: Moby 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