quotation

The definition of a quotation is words or phrases that are taken from someone else or from literary work or the asking price of something.

(noun)

An example of a quotation is when you take a passage from Shakespeare and repeat it as written without changing any of the words.
An example of a quotation for a stock is the price of $24.56-$24.58.

See quotation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act or practice of quoting
the words or passage quoted
Commerce
1. the current quoted price of a stock, bond, commodity, etc.
2. a document containing such a price or prices, usually an offer to sell that which is quoted

Origin: ML quotatio

See quotation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The act of quoting.
A passage quoted.
An explicit reference or allusion in an artistic work to a passage or element from another, usually well-known work: “Direct quotations from other paintings are fairly sparse” (Robert Hughes).
a. The quoting of current prices and bids for securities and goods.
b. The prices or bids cited.

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