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quotation.

A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/General-American
  1. A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.

    countable
    "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
  2. The act of quoting someone or something.

    uncountable
  3. A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

    countable
    Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.
  4. The act of setting a price.

    uncountable
  5. A quota, a share.

    countable · obsolete
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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