different between quotation vs unquote

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)

1. 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

2. A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

3. The act of setting a price.
4. (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

English

Etymology

un- +? quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t

Interjection

unquote

1. Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
   • 2012, Jim Broadbent as Vyvyan Ayrs, Cloud Atlas, circa 1:28:04

     Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote.

Translations

See also

• quote unquote

Verb

unquote (third-person singular simple present unquotes, present participle unquoting, simple past and past participle unquoted)

1. (transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.