quote

Meanings

Noun

• A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
• A quotation mark.
• A summary of work to be done with a set price.
• A price set for a financial security or commodity.

Verb

• To repeat (the exact words of a person).
• To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
• To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
• To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
• To observe, to take account of.

Related

Similar words

• cite

Opposite words

• end quote
• unquote

Origin

• From Middle English quoten, coten, from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre, itself from Latin quotus, from quot and related to quis. The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.