quotation

Plural: quotations

Noun

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
• a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
• a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
• the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
  • "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
• A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
• The act of quoting someone or something.
• A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
• The act of setting a price.
• A quota, a share.

Examples

• "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
• Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.

Synonyms

acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quote, reference, cite#Noun, quote#Noun