quote
• verb 1 repeat or copy out (a passage or remark by another). 2 repeat a passage or remark from. 3 (quote as) put forward or describe as being. 4 give someone (an estimated price). 5 (quote at/as) name (someone or something) at (specified odds). 6 give (a company) a listing on a stock exchange. • noun 1 a quotation. 2 (quotes) quotation marks. — ORIGIN originally in the sense mark a book with numbers or marginal references : from Latin quotare, from quot ‘how many’.
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