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   quo·ta·tion

   /ˌkwōˈtāSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker: "a quotation from Mark Twain" Similar citationquotereferencementionallusionexcerptextractselectionpassagelinecuttingclipclippingsnippetreadingsectionpiecepartfragmentportionparagraphversestanzacantosentencephraseciteinformal, dated:gobbet
   • ▪ a short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another: "a quotation from Bartók's Fourth String Quartet"
   • ▪ the action of quoting from a text, speech, piece of music, or work of art: "a great argument with much quotation of Darwin"
   • 2. a formal statement setting out the estimated cost for a particular job or service: "you will be sent a written quotation for the cost of repairing your machine" Similar estimateestimated pricepricequotetenderbidcostchargeratefigure
   • ▪ a price offered by a broker for the sale or purchase of a stock or other security.
   • 3. a registration granted to a company enabling their shares to be officially listed and traded: "the company is being refused a quotation on the New York Stock Exchange"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting a marginal reference to a passage of text): from medieval Latin quotatio(n-), from the verb quotare (see quote).

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

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   • N

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