quotation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
    acknowledgment; reference; mention; citation; credit; cite.
    • the student's essay failed to list several important citations
    • the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
    • the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
  2. noun a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
    quote; citation.
  3. noun a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
  4. noun the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
    • since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation

WordNet

Quo*ta"tion noun
Etymology
From Quote.
Definitions
  1. The act of quoting or citing.
  2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke.
  3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
  4. Quota; share. Obs.
  5. (print.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc.

Webster 1913