quotation : Idioms & Phrases
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direct quotation
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noun a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'")
direct discourse.
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national association of securities dealers automated quotations
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noun a computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
NASDAQ.
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quotation mark
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noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
quotation mark; quote; inverted comma.
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Quotation marks
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noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
quotation mark; quote; inverted comma.
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(Print.) , two inverted commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage quoted from an author in his own words.