quote
♦♦ quote /kw'oʊt/ (quotes quoting quoted)
1 [VERB] V n as -ing, V n, V from n
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.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N from n
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
3 [VERB] V n
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.
4 [VERB] V n n, V n
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.
5 [N-COUNT]
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
6 [V-PASSIVE] be V-ed at amount, be V-ed on n
If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price. (BUSINESS)
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.
7 [N-PLURAL]
Quotes are the same as quotation marks. (INFORMAL)
The word `remembered' is in quotes.
8 [CONVENTION]
You can say `quote' to show that you are about to quote someone's words. (SPOKEN)
He predicts they will have, quote, `an awful lot of explaining to do'.
1 [VERB] V n as -ing, V n, V from n
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.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N from n
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
3 [VERB] V n
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.
4 [VERB] V n n, V n
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.
5 [N-COUNT]
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
6 [V-PASSIVE] be V-ed at amount, be V-ed on n
If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price. (BUSINESS)
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.
7 [N-PLURAL]
Quotes are the same as quotation marks. (INFORMAL)
The word `remembered' is in quotes.
8 [CONVENTION]
You can say `quote' to show that you are about to quote someone's words. (SPOKEN)
He predicts they will have, quote, `an awful lot of explaining to do'.