Search results for 'quote':

quote verb (quoted, quoting) tr & intr 1 to cite or offer (someone else or the words or ideas, etc of someone else) to substantiate an argument. 2 to repeat in writing or speech (the exact words, etc of someone else). 3 to cite or repeat (figures or data, etc). 4 tr & intr said of a contractor: to submit or suggest (a price) for doing a specified job or for buying something • quoted her £600 as a trade-in. 5 stock exchange to state the price of (a security, commodity or stock, etc). 6 (usually quote something at something) to give (a racehorse) betting odds as specified • Desert Orchid is quoted at 2/1. 7 a to put quotation marks around (a written passage, word or title, etc); b (also quote ... unquote) to indicate (in speech) that a specified part has been said by someone else • The report says, quote, "The failure was deliberate but non-duplicitous." unquote. 8 (usually quote something as something) to cite or offer it as (an example, model or standard, etc). 9 to refer to (a law, etc) as authority or support. noun 1 a quotation. 2 a price quoted. 3 (quotes) quotation marks.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin quotare to give passages reference numbers, from quot how many?