n.
- a group of words from a text or speech repeated by someone other than the originator.
▸a short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another.
▸the action of quoting from a text, work of art, etc.
- a formal statement of the estimated cost of a job or service.
▸Stock Exchange a price offered by a market-maker for the sale or purchase of a stock.
- Stock Exchange a registration granted to a company enabling their shares to be officially listed and traded.
Etymology
C16: from med. L. quotatio(n-), from quotare (see quote).