[syn: quotation, quote, citation]
3. a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity;
4. the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.;
- Example: "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quotation \Quo*ta"tion\ (kw[-o]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [From
Quote.]
1. The act of quoting or citing.
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2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing
named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
--Locke.
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3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of
stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.
4. Quota; share. [Obs.]
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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.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quotation
n 1: 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]
2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn:
quotation, quote, citation]
3: a statement of the current market price of a security or
commodity
4: the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he
lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
The words erroneously repeated.
Intent on making his quotation truer,
He sought the page infallible of Brewer,
Then made a solemn vow that we would be
Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me!
Stumpo Gaker