quote

quote
1 verb
1 (I, T) to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written: quote (sth) from sth: She quoted from a newspaper article. | quote sb as saying sth: The President himself was quoted as saying he would veto the bill. | don't quote me (on this) (=used to show that what you are saying is not an official statement): Don't quote me on this, but the company is in deep trouble. | quote sb/sth: To quote an old saying, every dog has his day.
2 (T) to mention an example of something to support what you are saying
3 (T) to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product: They quoted us $800 for car repairs.
—compare estimate 1
4 quote ... unquote spoken used at the beginning and end of a quoted word or phrase to emphasize that it is exactly correct
2 noun (C) informal
1 a quotation
2 in quotes words that are in quotes are between a pair of quotation marks

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • quote — quote, cite, repeat are not close synonyms, though all mean to speak or write again something already said or written by another. Quote usually implies a use of another s words, commonly with faithful exactness or an attempt at it, for some… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Quote — (kw[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.] 1. To cite, as a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quote — QUOTE. adj. f. Il n a d usage que dans cette phrase, Quote part, Qui se dit de la part que chacun doit payer ou recevoir dans la repartition d une somme totale. Il doit payer tant pour sa quote part. il luy revient tant pour sa quote part.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Quote — bezeichnet einen Anteil einer Bestandsgröße, zum Beispiel Frauenquote, oder in selteneren Fällen das Verhältnis zweier Größen, zum Beispiel Wettquote. Sie wird meistens in Prozent angegeben. Im Gegensatz zur Rate, die sich immer auf eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • quote — quote; un·quote; mis·quote; …   English syllables

  • quote — ► VERB 1) repeat or copy out (a passage or remark by another). 2) repeat a passage or remark from. 3) (quote as) put forward or describe as being. 4) give someone (an estimated price). 5) (quote at/as) name (someone or something) at (specified… …   English terms dictionary

  • quote — [kwōt] vt. quoted, quoting [altered (infl. by L) < ME coten < ML quotare, to mark the number of, divide into chapters < L quotus, of what number < IE * kwoti , how many < interrogative base * kwo > WHO] 1. to reproduce or repeat …   English World dictionary

  • Quote — (kw[=o]t), n. A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quote — I verb adduce, adferre, circumstantiate, cite, cite a holding of a case, corroborate, detail, document, duplicate, establish, excerpt, extract, give word for word, go into detail, instance, make reference, paraphrase, point out, produce an… …   Law dictionary

  • Quote — (v. lat.), bei gemeinschaftlichem Gewinn od. Verlust od. bei Abgaben der Antheil, welcher auf den Einzelnen od. auf einen besteuerten Gegenstand kommt; daher Quotiren, diese Vertheilung bewirken; Quotation (Quotisation), die Antheilsberechnung;… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Quote — (lat., pars quota, »der wievielte Teil«), Bruchteil eines Ganzen, z. B. einer Erbschaft; bei Abrechnungen oder Abgaben der Anteil, der auf den Einzelnen kommt. Pro quota, verhältnismäßig. Quotieren, diese Verteilung bewirken …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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