A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech. / A price that has been quoted for buying or selling. / The act of setting a price.

plural of quotation

Characteristic of a quotation

(UK) One of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. The symbol used at the beginning of the quotation ("opening quotation mark") is usually “ ("open inverted commas") or ‘ ("open inverted comma"), and the symbol at the end ("closing quotation mark") is ” ("close inverted commas") or ’ ("close inverted comma").

plural of quotation mark

A system of quotation in which terminal punctuation marks are enclosed within a quotation only if the sense of the punctuation is part of the original material being quoted.

An utterance that describes what somebody said, but without repeating their exact words. / (numismatics, business) A rate in foreign currency.

plural of indirect quotation

A dash used to introduce a line of dialogue.

plural of quotation dash