quotation.
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
Meaning & usage
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
"Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
The act of quoting someone or something.
A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.
The act of setting a price.
A quota, a share.
Where this word comes from
The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, 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.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.