Quotation
[kwə(ʊ)'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [kwo'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; 'since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation'.
(noun.) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited.
(noun.) a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity.
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Definition
(n.) The act of quoting or citing.
(n.) That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
(n.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
(n.) Quota; share.
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Citation, extract.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.
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Examples
- For ordinary draught purposes, as in the quotation from the _Iliad_ we have just made, oxen were employed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Another quotation from Major Eaton is of interest in this connection: Now a word about the Goebel case. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I remembered in one of her harshest moments a quotation of mine had roused her to anger and disdain. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When we arrived at Dover, New Jersey, we got a New York newspaper, and I called his attention to the quotation of that day on General Electric. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We had a paper-weight at the transmitter (to speed it up), and by one o'clock reached the right quotation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is impossible to avoid a second quotation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He can pick up any one of these six books, refer quickly to a statement, verify a quotation, and go on writing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have no doubt you can finish the quotation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Have not I just given you a specimen, in the shape of a handsome quotation? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The quotation of a phrase or so will serve to show to what the patriotic anger of Demosthenes could bring him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Result--his concern often suffered considerable loss of profit because his quotation cards did not reach the people for whom they were intended. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He returned to his office resigned to the task of addressing his 100 daily quotation cards by pen and ink. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As public opinion can be best illustrated by actual quotation, we shall present a characteristic instance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The requirements of his business necessitated the daily addressing of 100 quotation cards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gold fell to 132, and it took us all night to get the indicator back to that quotation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Twenty-five instruments were energized from one circuit, and the quotations were supplied from a central at 18 New Street. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Each firm had its own army of boys, numbering from twelve to fifteen, whose duties were to ascertain the latest quotations from the different exchanges. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Gould and Fisk crowd had cornered gold, and had run the quotations up faster than the indicator could follow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The reader may have noticed in a perusal of this chapter the lack of autobiographical quotations, such as have appeared in other parts of this narrative. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This exhibited merely the prevailing price of gold; but as its quotations changed from instant to instant, it was in a most literal sense the cynosure of neighboring eyes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Quotations were transmitted by the Morse telegraph from the floor of the Stock Exchange to the central, and thence distributed to the subscribers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Callahan's first idea was to distribute gold quotations, and to this end he devised an indicator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- While with them I devised a printer to print gold quotations instead of indicating them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Pope and Edison invented a one-wire printer, and started a system of 'gold printers' devoted to the recording of gold quotations and sterling exchange only. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To-day, as usual, his quotations fell ineffectual: he soon shifted his ground. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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