Quotation
WordNet
noun
(1) The practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
"Since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
(2) A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
(3) A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
(4) A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
"The student's essay failed to list several important citations"
"The acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"
"The article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.
- The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted.