Etymology : Medieval Latin quotare to mark the number of, number references, from Latin quotus of what number or quantity, from quot how many, many as; akin to Latin qui who; more at WHO
Pronunciation : kwOt
also kOt
Function : verb
Date : 1582
1. citation, passage taken from another source; commercial offer; quotation mark, punctuation mark used to enclose a direct citation (the mark " ). cite, repeat the words of another person; offer as evidence to support a claim; state a price, offer a price; enclose in quotation marks (punctuation marks; " ). quote\quote\ (kwōt), 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.].
2. to cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from homer.
3. to cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote shakespeare.
4. (com.) to name the current price of.
5. to notice; to observe; to examine. [obs.].
6. to set down, as in writing. [obs.] "he's quoted for a most perfidious slave.".
7. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
8. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
9. To name the current price of.
10. To notice; to observe; to examine.
11. To set down, as in writing.
12. A note upon an author. put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague" repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" name the price of; "quote prices for cars".
13. 1. If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said. He quoted Mr Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway She quoted a great line from a book by Romain Gary I gave the letter to our local press and they quoted from it.
14. A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it. The article starts with a quote from an unnamed member of the Cabinet. = quotation.
15. If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying. Mr Meacher quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen.
16. If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or a for a job that you want them to do. A travel agent quoted her £160 for a flight from Bristol to Palma He quoted a price for the repairs.
17. A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work. Always get a written quote for any repairs needed. = quotation.
18. If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price. In early trading in Hong Kong yesterday, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce Heron is a private company and is not quoted on the Stock Market.
19. Quotes are the same as quotation marks. The word `remembered' is in quotes.
20. You can say `quote' to show that you are about to quote someone's words. He predicts they will have, quote, `an awful lot of explaining to do'.
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