1. A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
   "The essay began with a relevant quotation from Shakespeare";
   - quote, citation
    
2. The practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
   "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
    
3. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
   "the student's essay failed to list several important quotations";
   - citation, cite [informal, rare], acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention
    
4. A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
   "He checked the stock quotations every hour"
    
5. [Brit] A statement indicating the likely cost of some job
   "The contractor provided a quotation for the renovation work";
   - estimate, quote

Derived forms: quotations

Type of: annotation, excerpt, excerption, extract, notation, note, pattern, practice, selection, statement

Encyclopedia: Quotation