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quotation
- For Wiktionary's use of quotations, see Wiktionary:Quotations
English
Etymology
The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotatio, from Latin quot?re, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kwo??te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
quotation (countable and uncountable, plural quotations)
- A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.
- Synonyms: quote, citation
- A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
- The act of setting a price.
- (obsolete) A quota, a share.
Synonyms
- (price): quote
Coordinate terms
- attestation
Hyponyms
- (price): bid, ask, offer
Derived terms
Translations
References
- quotation at OneLook Dictionary Search
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polyanthea
English
Noun
polyanthea (plural polyantheas) (sometimes capitalized)
- (dated) An anthology of extracts (mostly quotations) from literature.
Related terms
- anthology
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