† quoten.¹

Forms: late Middle English cote, late Middle English quoote, late Middle English 1600s–1700s quote; Scottish pre-1700 coat, pre-1700 coit, pre-1700 coite, pre-1700 coitt, pre-1700 cot, pre-1700 cote, pre-1700 qoat, pre-1700 quatt, pre-1700 quoit, pre-1700 quoitt, pre-1700 quott, pre-1700 1700s–1800s quot, pre-1700 1800s quote, 1700s quoat.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French cote; Latin quota.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French cote, quote (French cote ) quota (a1377 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), tax (a1377 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), share imposed on each taxpayer (1390 in Middle French) and its etymon post-classical Latin quota (see quota n.).

Obsolete.

a. = quota n. 1a.

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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > a contribution

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contribution1609

quotation1613

quota1618

symbol1627

1451 Rolls of Parl. V. 222/1 Discharge..for any Dysmes, or any part or parcell of any Dysmes, or other Quoote..to be born or paied by the Abbot.

1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 306/1 Dismes Spirituelx or xvmes, or Dismes temporelx, Subsidies or Quotes.

1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 5 §1 Quinzimes and dismes and other quotes taxes and tallages.

1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 78 Paul..did not settle the Medium, nor name the Quote.

1691 Cramond Kirk Session III. 1 June That what money hath been formerly laide out of the poores boxe..for reparationes of the kirk,..be laide on at the first quott for reparationes, and be proportionally repayed by the heretors in to the poores boxe.

b. Scots Law. The portion of a deceased person's movable estate payable to the bishop for confirmation of the testament (proving of the will). historical in later use.This was reduced to a clerk's fee in 1701 and abolished in 1823.

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1526 Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 306 The nerrest of þar kyne..sall have þar gudis, without preiudice to þe ordinaris anent þe cote of thar testamentis.

1564 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) ii. 7 We charge you..the said collectoris and resaveris of the saids quotts of the testaments forrsaid..that ye..mak payment of the said soum of 1600 lib.

1606 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1885) 1st Ser. VII. 173 Pryces set down to the procurator fischall to be tane heirafter for forming of testaments. For small testaments quhairin thair are litle gear and ane meane quote [13 s. 4 d.], [etc.].

1666 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 69 Twelve Pennies of every pound of the Dead's Part shall be the Quote of all Testaments..which shall be confirmed.

1685 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 537 Whereby the bishop was cheated and defrauded of a part of his casualty of quote.

1757 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) I. iii. ix. §11. 400 The Bishop was, in all confirmations, intitled to the 20th part of the moveables, called the quot of the testament... Quots were first discharged..by 1641;..and now they are again discharged, 1701, c. 14.

1823 Bill for Better Granting of Confirmations 3 in Parl. Papers III. 93 Be it further Enacted, That..all Quots or Compositions in respect of Confirmation shall be and the same are hereby from thenceforth abolished; and in lieu of such quots or compositions the fees herein directed shall be taken.

1884 P. H. Cameron Summary Law of Intestate Succession Scotl. (rev. ed.) i. xiv. 12 This Act, however, still reserved to the ordinary the ‘quote of the testament’ for granting confirmations.

2. Mathematics.

a. A factor of a number; an aliquot part. rare.

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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > divisor or dividend > without remainder

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quotea1464

divisor1557

aliquot part1570

greatest common measure1570

measure1570

multiplex1570

aliquot1610

multiple1685

submultiple1702

least common multiple1714

bipartient1819

least squares1847

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 8 This noumbir eke of sex is praysed for his particuler noumberes, whech be on, too, and thre, and þese be cleped cote, for in her reuoluing þei make him euyr hool: as sex sithe on is sex, threes too is sex, twyes thre is sex.

b. = quotient n. 1.

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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > result of

quotientc1450

reduct1579

quote1667

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 571 If we add the rest of the Products thereto, we only add a Multiplx of its own Divisor, which in Division enlargeth the Quote, but not the Remainder.

1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 250 Divide the Minutes of the said first Æquation and the Quote shall be the Æquation of Num. II.

1762 A. Fletcher Universal Measurer & Mechanic i. 187 If we divide..by A+B+C, and put the quote = v × SG, the velocity of the center of gravity, we'll have SG = [etc.].

1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 26 The terms..must involve a common factor; by which being divided, the quote may be [etc.].

1852 T. P. Kirkman First Mnemonical Lessons Geom., Algebra, & Trigonom. iv. 41 The square root of a fraction is the quote of the roots of its numerator and denominator.

Compounds

quote-master n. Scots Law an agent of the bishop who collects the quotes (sense 1b) due to him.

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1607 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. VII. 417 Quote maister [of the commissariat of Edinburgh].

1680 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) II. 260 Where there was no quot-masters named by the bishops, the commissaries should be countable for the quots of all testaments confirmed by them.

quote silver n. Scots Law (historical in later use) the revenue from quotes (sense 1b).

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1563 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 6 The quen's grace..hes appointit 1600 lib. of the reddiest of the quoitt silver to be tane up be the collectoris.

1609 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1609/4/30 The saidis senatouris..of his heighnes college of justice..to..overgif the said quote silver of the testamentis, being the maist and best pairt of thair patrimonie.

1840 J. Lee Hist. Church Scotl. App. In 1563 they [sc. the judges] received £1600 Scots yearly out of the quote silver.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

quoten.²

Brit.

/kwəʊt/, U.S.

/kwoʊt/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: quote v.; quotation n.

Etymology: Partly < quote v., and partly shortened < quotation n.

†1. A marginal reference; = quotation n. 2a. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > reference or cross-reference

quotation1532

refermenta1558

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quote1600

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remit1688

cross-reference1834

1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. Author to Bk. sig. A2^v O were thy margents, cliffes of itching lust; Or quotes to chalke out men the way to sinne.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quote, a quote, or quoting; a marke, or note vpon an article.

a. A quoted passage or remark; = quotation n. 5.Recorded earliest in quote mark n. at Compounds.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [noun] > passage quoted

citation1548

quotation1618

quoting1853

quote1885

cite1941

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > practice of citing or quoting > that which is quoted

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citation1548

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traverse1608

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tag1702

quote1885

cite1941

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Jan. 6/1 The ‘interviewer’ (..has not the time come for leaving out the quote marks?).

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Dec. 11/2 Stodgy ‘quotes’ from the ancients?

1922 T. S. Eliot Let. ?Jan. in E. Pound Lett. (1951) 236 Do you mean not use the Conrad quote or simply not put Conrad's name to it?

1968 Listener 25 July 108/2 Don't ask me questions, since I have no wish to figure as the father of all the quotes in your stories.

1993 Humanist in Canada Winter 38/2 The categories with the largest numbers of Russel quotes include Belief, Democracy, Education.

b. A quotation mark. Usually in plural. See also close quote at close v. Additions, open quote at open v. 17g.air quote: see air n.¹ Compounds 2.

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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > quotation marks

inverted comma1677

comma1705

quotation mark1715

quote mark1885

quote1888

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 109 Quotes, the turned commas..and apostrophes..used respectively for quoted matter.

1891 Sc. Leader 2 Apr. 6 The portion of this quotation which we have put within quotes.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. ii. 26 Below the signature, in what printers call ‘quotes’, a line..‘Bear the torch and do not falter.’

1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass ii. 24 He'd have witnesses if I put him in the dock. Witnesses in quotes, I mean.

1997 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May 28/4 An odd habit of putting perfectly ordinary words like ‘spit’ in quotes, but not archaisms or regional terms.

3. = quotation n. 7.

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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > statement of price of commodities

quotation1812

quote1934

1934 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 31 Dec. 3/5 The following are today's custom smelters' quotes for delivered copper (cents per pound).

1959 Daily Mail 8 June 2/3 ‘Quotes’ for readers. The following list of prices is a selection from readers' requests for quotation of some of their shares.

1965 E. Gundrey Foot in Door xii. 91 She was shown a long list of things that needed doing..and was given a quote for ‘about £28’.

1996 Voice 25 June 32/1 This is an excellent time to gather quotes and estimates with a view to home or garden improvements.

2003 BusinessWeek 27 Oct. 50/1 Mutual Fund A places a limit order to buy 10,000 IBM shares at $50. Mutual Fund B wants to unload 10,000 shares at the current market quote.

Compounds

quote-driven adj. Stock Market designating a system or market in which prices are established by market-makers' quotations giving the price at which they will buy or sell; cf. order-driven adj. (b) at order n. Compounds 3.

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1984 Times 22 June 35/3 Talisman..has helped the authorities opt for a quote-driven system of competing market makers as the best trading mechanism for the future rather than Wall Street's auction-dominated system of specialists.

1997 Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 41/2 Other stocks will continue to trade on the current, quote-driven system, which relies heavily on market-makers.

2001 Euromoney (Electronic ed.) Dec. 14 We are building a hybrid platform that accommodates both the orderdriven market and a quotedriven market.

quote mark n. = sense 2b; (also occasionally) a closing angle bracket used to introduce quoted text.

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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > quotation marks

inverted comma1677

comma1705

quotation mark1715

quote mark1885

quote1888

1885 [see sense 2a].

1952 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 4 Feb. 6/5 The President said he was not claiming legal immunity for his remarks and don't quote me boys so the remarks came out without the quote marks.

2001 S. Kane Virtual Freedom x. 120 ‘The intentional subject being a myth tied to so-called “objective” morality’ (Sally made the quote marks in the air with her fingers), ‘I'm not very interested in your subject position.’

2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 24 Nov. 14 The war against terror should not be in quote marks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quotev.

Brit.

/kwəʊt/, U.S.

/kwoʊt/

Forms: Middle English–1600s cote, Middle English– quote, 1500s–1600s coat, 1500s–1600s coate, 1500s–1600s quoat, 1500s–1600s quoate; Scottish pre-1700 cott, pre-1700 quot, pre-1700 quott, pre-1700 1700s– quote; U.S. regional 1800s cote (southern), 1800s– kote (Midland).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin quotare; French quoter.

Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin quotare (also cotare) to mark (a book) with numbers (from 13th cent. in British sources), to reckon (numerically) (from 14th cent. in British sources), either < quota quota n., or directly < classical Latin quot how many (see quota n.), and partly < Middle French quoter, coter, quotter, cotter (French coter , †quoter ) to cite (a1374), to mark, note (1426), to mark (with lines, etc.) (1554 as cotter de ), to make reference to (a text) (16th cent.; in French also ‘to assess for taxation’ (1611 in Cotgrave), ‘to state (the price for a commodity)’ (1834)) < cote quote n.¹In the 17th cent., pronunciations with initial /k-/ (rather than /kw-/) are also recorded for forms spelt with qu-, as well as for cote, etc. (see e.g. C. Cooper Grammatica (1685) 77; compare also E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §421).

I. Senses relating to citation.

†1.

a. transitive. To mark (a book) with numbers (as of chapters, biblical verses, etc.); to give (a margin) references to other passages or texts. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > refer to (passage) > mark with references

quotea1387

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 205 Stevene þe archbisshop..coted [v.r. quoted; ?a1475 anon. tr. did connotate; L. quotavit] þe Bible at Parys, and marked þe chapitres.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1394/2 I was desirous to see it agayne,..and beyng sent to me the second tyme, it was thus coted [1596 quoted] in y^e margent as ye see.

1649 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 142 The committee finds in this book that it is not numerat in the pages the margine is little and not quotted.

b. transitive. To count or reckon (years). Obsolete. rare.

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?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 37 (MED) The Grekes note theire yeres in thre maneres:—In the firste they cotede [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. accounteþ; L. connotaverunt; v.rr. cotaverunt, quotaverunt, notaverunt] yeres at the glory of their victory from the captiuite of Troye.

c. transitive. To mark (with lines). Obsolete. rare.

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society > communication > indication > marking > mark [verb (transitive)] > with lines

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line1530

strike1539

lineate1558

interline1572

rule1599

quote1601

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cij Thou faire frame, with azure lines thick quoted, Bright heauen.

a. transitive. To reproduce or repeat a passage from (a book, author, etc.); to repeat a statement by (a person); to give (a specified person, body, etc.) as the source of a statement. Cf. cite v. 2a.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)] > quote in support > give reference

quote1548

1548 N. Udall et al. in tr. Erasmus Paraphr. New Test. Pref. (R.) The text [of the Bible] is throughout coted in the margin [of this book].

1677 Govt. Tongue (new ed.) iii. 28 It is not from any speculative esteem of sacred Writ, that it is so often quoted.

1701 C. Cooper Vail turn'd Aside iii. 93 They would not Communicate in word with the corrupters of truth, saith Polycarpus, as Quoted by Eusebius, lib 4. chap. 14.

1791 J. Wilkes in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 390 Upon the continent they all quote the vulgate Bible. Shakspeare is chiefly quoted here.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ii. 41 Pray, who was the author you quoted, Mr Oldbuck?

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 391 One series..will be occasionally quoted in the course of this work.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 61 He still quotes the poets.

1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 533/1 A motorphobe was quoted as declaring solemnly in 1906, ‘In another ten years there will not be half the autocars on the roads that there are now.’

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. xxvii. 156 With a childish hand [she] tweaked loose the frock-fold that had stuck in the peach-cleft—to quote Robert Browning.

1989 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman 29 Apr. a10/1 Military sources were quoted as saying that the inquiry found serious errors in the mission's planning.

1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo x. 233 His mother, God rest her, was always quoting him.

b. transitive. To mention or refer to (a book, author, etc.) as providing support or evidence for a particular statement, opinion, or practice.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)] > quote in support

teemOE

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allegate?a1425

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cite1531

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quote1582

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > refer to (passage) > refer to (book or author)

quote1582

1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. sig. a4 She would have the presumptuous heretike, flying as it were through the whole Bible, and coting the Psalmes, Prophets, Gospels, &c.

1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. c Mar...in other places he quoates Scripture. Pas. He coateth Scriptures indeed.

1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 43 Quoting a Doctor of the Papacy for the dispensabilitie of an oath.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 55 They quote Ambrose, Augustin, and some other ceremonial doctors.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. iv. 112 Pope Zachary..in a Letter of his to the French, which you your self quote.

1700 J. Collier Second Def. Short View Eng. Stage 17 But after all, Plato does appear in his own Person, and stands fairly quoted in the Margin.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 197. ⁋6 He shall quote and recite one Author against another.

1919 S. J. Weyman Great House xxxiii. 312 Regular old Puseyite you be..Quoting Scripture.

2004 Church Times 2 Apr. 20/1 Cardinal Martini is quoted on teaching that the question of women priests deserves deeper thought.

c. transitive. colloquial you can quote me and variants; also don't quote me.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of authority

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authorizea1393

ratify?a1425

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concredit1659

attestate1660

you can quote me1813

1813 R. Cumberland Posth. Dramatick Wks. II. 165 Torrents of tears, and hurricanes of sighs: You may quote me for that. Bad times are coming on.

1919 A. E. Thomas Rainbow i. 14 No, you're not and that's a fact. beast. And you may quote me as saying so to whom it may concern.

1927 E. Hemingway Let. 1 Oct. (2015) III. 300 Clara was looking much better than when she came over and Virginia was looking very badly. But please do not quote me on this.

1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye ii. 12 Of course, I may be wrong—don't quote me, for Heaven's sake.

1973 Times 15 Feb. 18/5 They won't be here at all in three years time. And you can quote me on that too.

1998 A. Rattenbury Casualty (BBC TV rehearsal script) (O.E.D. Archive) 13th Ser. Episode 4. 9 Don't quote me on this, but it sounds like Mark's getting the boot.

2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 21 Jan. (Mag.) 21 It's a f***ing beezer. And you can quote me on that.

†3.

a. transitive. To give a reference to (a passage of text), by specifying the page, chapter, etc., where it may be found. Also figurative. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > refer to (passage)

quote1574

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 800 They quote for that purpose in the margent the .10. of Matth. verse . 14 . 15.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 246 His faces owne margent did coate such amazes.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 280 What needed he to quote any places to prove his doctrine?

1735 P. Barclay Universal Traveller vi. 263 Whoever has a mind to see them may consult the book last quoted upon the margin.

1800 J. Maxwell Spirit Marine Law 52 By the act quoted in the margin, it was made perpetual.

b. intransitive. To set down references; to refer to. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentaries [verb (intransitive)] > set down (cross-)references

quote1580

cross-refer1879

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 24^v He..desired few Parentheses or digressions, or gloses, but the text, wher he himself, was coating in the margent.

1657 F. Cockin Divine Blossomes 119 Another Book by the same Authour, to the which this Quotes, and would be of great use to go along with this.

a. transitive. To repeat or copy out (a passage, utterance, etc.), usually with an indication that one is using another's words. Also of a musician or musical composition: to reproduce or repeat (a passage or tune from another piece of music).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > compose [verb (transitive)] > incorporate passage from other work

quotea1680

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > embellish [verb (transitive)] > quote

transcribea1634

quotea1680

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > practise literary criticism [verb (transitive)] > quote or cite

forthteec1200

quotea1680

thig1728

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 102 'Twas counted learning once..what men understood by rote, By as implicit sense to quote.

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 93 If we may believe what Gesner in his Book of Fishes..quotes from Albertus..the thing will seem more probable.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 333. ¶1 I omitted quoting these Passages in my Observations on the former Books.

1793 J. Beekman Let. 6 Aug. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) 1013 To set this Matter in its proper point of Light, I beg leave to quote a single Extract from our last Letter.

1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church 96 I quote the words of Cornelius Mussus..who assisted at the Council of Trent.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxvii. 378 I quote the following passage from this paper.

1912 Times 4 May 11/4 It is the most fatal thing possible if composers gloss over their own incapacity by quoting folksongs when they want a melody.

1983 New Yorker 5 Dec. 89/1 Masson was quoting Eissler's actual words from memory.

2002 Cathedral Music Oct. 17/3 Duruflé quotes the famous theme from Litanies.

b. intransitive. To make quotations, esp. from a text, author, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > practise literary criticism [verb (intransitive)] > quote or cite

text1564

quotea1796

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 328 He clench'd his pamphlets in his fist, He quoted and he hinted.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xiv. 90 He..had a peculiar art of quoting from each author he reviewed.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §5. 142 He..quotes largely from state documents,..and exchequer rolls.

1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xviii. 272 ‘I was coming to show you this delightful letter...’ He quoted from it.

1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) II. 955/1 Var. XIII [of the ‘Enigma Variations’] quotes from Mendelssohn's ‘Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’ Overture.

1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 137 I'm quoting from my recentest, which I wonder whether you've read.

c. intransitive (imperative). Used in actual and reported speech to represent the beginning of a passage that one is quoting or purporting to quote; frequently in quote..unquote (also quote-unquote, quote, unquote, etc.) (representing opening and closing quotation marks around the quoted word or phrase).In quot. 1910 transitive with the person quoted as object; cf. sense 2a.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [phrase] > quote... unquote

quote‥unquote1910

unquote1910

1910 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 6 Dec. 1/1 Atwater..had presented a lengthy statement which (quote Nelson) it would be imposing upon your honorable body to copy in full (unquote Nelson).

1918 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 11 Dec. 2/3 Title of picture to be quote Watchful Waiting unquote.

1921 Chicago Tribune 6 July 19 I knew her when she was a quote bear unquote period.

1940 K. Fearing Coll. Poems 67 That miracle thing, the thing that can't be so, quote, unquote, but just the same it's true.

1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley xvii. 198 She says, quote, ‘What girl wouldn't?’ unquote.

1992 New Scientist 19 Sept. 14/2 The most serious land reclamation problems in Wales are lands which have already been, quote, reclaimed.

2001 T. Medina & L. R. Rivera Bum Rush 49 Occupation: jazz musician. Has clippings in pocket as quote-unquote proof.

II. Senses relating to recording and estimating.

†5.

a. transitive. To take mental note of; to notice, observe, mark, scrutinize. Also intransitive: to make mental observations. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)]

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note?c1225

heedc1275

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notac1392

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observe1560

quote1560

remark1581

to take note1600

apprehenda1634

to take cognizance of1635

animadverse1642

notice1660

to pass in review1697

smoke1716

cognize1821

spot1848

looky1900

1560 J. Jewel Let. in J. Jewel & H. Cole True Copies Lett. sig. A.ii These matters not written (for that were to mutche paines for you) but noted, or, as they terme it, coted whiche & where they be.

1574 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 56^v Who myndes to cote, vpon this note may easely fynde enough.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 31 What care I What curious eye doth coate deformitie.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. i. sig. D2 To obserue, To quote, to learne the language, and so forth.

1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. iii. sig. E3^v Ile quote him to a tittle, let him speake wisely, and plainely,..or I shall crush him.

1640 J. D. Knave in Graine i. i. sig. B3 My knowledge coated, and all Italy spoke of a Damosell called Cornelia.

b. transitive. To write down; to make a written note or record of; to set down in writing. Also figurative. Obsolete.

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society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing

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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > note down

notec1450

quote1573

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mem1915

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 2 New lessons then I noted, and some of olde I coted.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. I2^v Her browes are pretie tables of conceate, Where Loue his records of delight dooth quoate.

1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iii. sig. B8 Fine Madam Tiptoes..That quotes her paces in Characters downe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 223 A fellow by the hand of Nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd to do a deede of shame.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C3^v Those [years] that followed.., as it is already quoted, they were such as awakened her Spirits.

1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 137 Ile onely add one argument of mine own from the very places you quote.

c. transitive. To mention in speaking. Obsolete. rare.

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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of

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sayOE

besayc1200

talk ofc1230

to make mention ofc1300

readc1300

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to speak upon ——1535

name1542

repeatc1550

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commemorate1599

to speak on ——1600

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to make vent ofa1616

memorate1623

mensh1928

1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 19 Here could I cote a rabble of those wiues, That you would wonder but to heare them nam'd.

†a. transitive. To note or mention (esp. a person) for a specified quality, or for having done a specified deed. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)]

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sayOE

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to put forth?c1225

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1575 Exam. Whytgiftes Censures 9 The fyfte poincte is defyned to be a notorious error and in pag 103. it is quoted for a grosse error.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 778 Our letters..shewed much more then iest... Rosa. We did not cote them so.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 208 He's quoted for a most pe[r]fidious slaue.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xxxiii Dr. Robert Wood..hath not been by any Author..so much as quoted for his illuminating us.

1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. ii. 65 We can't quote our Fathers for any thing that's fit to be nam'd.

b. transitive. To mention or state; to describe or cite as an instance of something.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence

to draw forthc1175

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to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393

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infera1529

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cite1550

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instance1608

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quote1663

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > find or furnish an instance or example of [verb (transitive)] > cite as an instance or example

stir1340

cite1550

name1597

instance1622

quote1663

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxvii. 461 That once Father of us all, whom I take leave frequently to quote as my Oracle, King Charles the First.

1747 H. Walpole Lett. I. 166 How merry my ghost will be, and shake its ears, to hear itself quoted as a person of consummate prudence.

1793 T. Jefferson Public Papers 422 [They] are respected & quoted as witnesses of what is morally right or wrong in particular cases.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 9 As I will evidence in a few instances already quoted.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vii. 173 Few instances of concentrated disdain could be quoted as more pungent.

1977 N. Young Infantile Disorder? viii. 152 The limited Test Ban Treaty and apparent shifts in Labour policy..were quoted as CND successes.

1984 A. Smith Mind v. xv. 283 It is believed that neuron loss does occur, and a figure of 100,000 cells a day, from age twenty-five onwards, is frequently quoted.

1998 Church Times 10 July 16/3 The lawyer quoted the Shema, the central Jewish prayer, as the litmus test for inheriting the Age to Come.

a. transitive. To state the price at which (a commodity or service, esp. a stock) is available for purchase.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > state price of commodities

quote1776

1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 9 July 339/1 By a late letter from the West-Indies that article [sc. salt] is quoted at two shillings per bushel.

1789 J. Swan Let. 27 Aug. in T. Jefferson Papers (1958) XV. 362 The price at which Beef was quoted at Boston last winter, say..7 to 7½ Dollars..for that warranted, marked and Salt petred.

1815 Niles' Reg. 29 Apr. 140/1 Ballast stones were humorously ‘quoted’ in one of the papers..as being in great demand at $150 per ton.

1865 Atlantic Monthly May 575/1 The artist is like the stock which is to be quoted at the board and thrown upon the market.

1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1155 Prices per 100 at which bricks are quoted.

1907 J. H. Clapham Woollen & Worsted Industries 152 After..the late nineties the number of spinning and manufacturing companies whose shares were quoted on the West Riding Stock Exchanges is comparatively small.

1938 Times 29 Sept. 19/1 War Loan..was being quoted 95 middle in inter-office dealings.

2000 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 23/6 Yesterday's debutants included seven stocks on the New York Stock Exchange and six quoted on the American Stock Exchange.

b. transitive. To state (odds) for a race, bet, or other event; to name (a racehorse) at specified odds.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > quote odds for

quote1826

price1845

1826 Times 15 Apr. 3/4 Waterman cannot be good for much, and in this we are borne out by the present betting, which is quoted at 40 to 1 against him.

1914 C. F. Cahalane Police Pract. & Procedure x. 170 They..receive from each [track] detailed information relative to..odds quoted, horses ‘scratched’, [etc.].

1934 Collier's 11 Aug. 48/2 Black Gold was quoted at 200 to 1 for the Coffroth event.

1936 Law & Contemporary Probl. 3 296 To quote odds on such a contest would indeed be risky business.

1990 Accountancy Mar. 78/1 Most bets are made on the basis of odds quoted shortly before a race, or at starting prices.

1997 Sporting Life 15 Feb. 1/2 Ladbrokes quote 33–1 for the premier prize, while Hills go 16–1.

c. transitive. To state (a price) at which a commodity or service is available for sale. Also: to give (a person) a price for goods or services that can be provided; frequently with double object.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > state price for goods or services

quote1839

1839 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 2 138 The Silesian Gazette..quotes the price of a shock of 60 pieces of linen yarn, at Frankenstein, at 26 dollars.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. ii. iv. §3. 289 There is at each time and place a market price, which can be quoted in a price-current.

1878 E. C. Maddison Speculation on Stock Exchange ii. 13 After prices have been quoted ‘ex dividend’.

1928 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 17 May 14/1 When you are quoted a price by a good painter, remember that his price covers..the knowledge of surface conditions.

1971 Timber Trades Jrnl. 14 Aug. 71 (advt.) Your machines..reconditioned, re-installed... Let us quote you.

1990 Which? June 317/1 Prices are as quoted by supermarkets for their own-label goods.

2006 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 19 Sept. 11 She called an emergency plumber from the Yellow Pages who quoted her £460 to fix it.

Derivatives

ˈquoted adj. (frequently with modifying word; cf. much-quoted adj. at much adj., adv., pron., and n. Compounds 2a and oft-quoted at oft adv. and adj. Compounds 2).

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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [adjective] > determined or stated (of price)

fixed1838

quoted1861

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. ix. 626 Any thing conteined in the quoted sentences, Colloss. 3. Genes. 3. [etc.].

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 66 Your quoted Scriptures they proue no such matter.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. cvi. 392 In the first quoted lines..there is nothing but blustering absurdity.

1779 B. Talbot New Art of Land Measuring 272 According to the before-quoted author.

1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 600 The quoted prices merely tell us that buyers or sellers..are on the increase.

1941 P. Grainger Let. 27 Sept. in All-round Man (1994) 176 I think the here-quoted phrase one of the most unforgettable I have ever laid my ears on.

2006 Managem. Today Jan. 25/3 The trend whereby top executives defect from quoted companies to work with private-equity partnerships.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quote
释义	† quoten.¹ Forms: late Middle English cote, late Middle English quoote, late Middle English 1600s–1700s quote; Scottish pre-1700 coat, pre-1700 coit, pre-1700 coite, pre-1700 coitt, pre-1700 cot, pre-1700 cote, pre-1700 qoat, pre-1700 quatt, pre-1700 quoit, pre-1700 quoitt, pre-1700 quott, pre-1700 1700s–1800s quot, pre-1700 1800s quote, 1700s quoat. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French cote; Latin quota. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French cote, quote (French cote ) quota (a1377 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), tax (a1377 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), share imposed on each taxpayer (1390 in Middle French) and its etymon post-classical Latin quota (see quota n.). Obsolete. 1. a. = quota n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > a contribution quote1451 contribution1609 quotation1613 quota1618 symbol1627 1451 Rolls of Parl. V. 222/1 Discharge..for any Dysmes, or any part or parcell of any Dysmes, or other Quoote..to be born or paied by the Abbot. 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 306/1 Dismes Spirituelx or xvmes, or Dismes temporelx, Subsidies or Quotes. 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 5 §1 Quinzimes and dismes and other quotes taxes and tallages. 1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 78 Paul..did not settle the Medium, nor name the Quote. 1691 Cramond Kirk Session III. 1 June That what money hath been formerly laide out of the poores boxe..for reparationes of the kirk,..be laide on at the first quott for reparationes, and be proportionally repayed by the heretors in to the poores boxe. b. Scots Law. The portion of a deceased person's movable estate payable to the bishop for confirmation of the testament (proving of the will). historical in later use.This was reduced to a clerk's fee in 1701 and abolished in 1823. ΚΠ 1526 Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 306 The nerrest of þar kyne..sall have þar gudis, without preiudice to þe ordinaris anent þe cote of thar testamentis. 1564 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) ii. 7 We charge you..the said collectoris and resaveris of the saids quotts of the testaments forrsaid..that ye..mak payment of the said soum of 1600 lib. 1606 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1885) 1st Ser. VII. 173 Pryces set down to the procurator fischall to be tane heirafter for forming of testaments. For small testaments quhairin thair are litle gear and ane meane quote [13 s. 4 d.], [etc.]. 1666 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 69 Twelve Pennies of every pound of the Dead's Part shall be the Quote of all Testaments..which shall be confirmed. 1685 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) III. 537 Whereby the bishop was cheated and defrauded of a part of his casualty of quote. 1757 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) I. iii. ix. §11. 400 The Bishop was, in all confirmations, intitled to the 20th part of the moveables, called the quot of the testament... Quots were first discharged..by 1641;..and now they are again discharged, 1701, c. 14. 1823 Bill for Better Granting of Confirmations 3 in Parl. Papers III. 93 Be it further Enacted, That..all Quots or Compositions in respect of Confirmation shall be and the same are hereby from thenceforth abolished; and in lieu of such quots or compositions the fees herein directed shall be taken. 1884 P. H. Cameron Summary Law of Intestate Succession Scotl. (rev. ed.) i. xiv. 12 This Act, however, still reserved to the ordinary the ‘quote of the testament’ for granting confirmations. 2. Mathematics. a. A factor of a number; an aliquot part. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > divisor or dividend > without remainder partc1300 quotea1464 divisor1557 aliquot part1570 greatest common measure1570 measure1570 multiplex1570 aliquot1610 multiple1685 submultiple1702 least common multiple1714 bipartient1819 least squares1847 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 8 This noumbir eke of sex is praysed for his particuler noumberes, whech be on, too, and thre, and þese be cleped cote, for in her reuoluing þei make him euyr hool: as sex sithe on is sex, threes too is sex, twyes thre is sex. b. = quotient n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > division > result of quotientc1450 reduct1579 quote1667 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 571 If we add the rest of the Products thereto, we only add a Multiplx of its own Divisor, which in Division enlargeth the Quote, but not the Remainder. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 250 Divide the Minutes of the said first Æquation and the Quote shall be the Æquation of Num. II. 1762 A. Fletcher Universal Measurer & Mechanic i. 187 If we divide..by A+B+C, and put the quote = v × SG, the velocity of the center of gravity, we'll have SG = [etc.]. 1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 26 The terms..must involve a common factor; by which being divided, the quote may be [etc.]. 1852 T. P. Kirkman First Mnemonical Lessons Geom., Algebra, & Trigonom. iv. 41 The square root of a fraction is the quote of the roots of its numerator and denominator. Compounds quote-master n. Scots Law an agent of the bishop who collects the quotes (sense 1b) due to him. ΚΠ 1607 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. VII. 417 Quote maister [of the commissariat of Edinburgh]. 1680 in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) II. 260 Where there was no quot-masters named by the bishops, the commissaries should be countable for the quots of all testaments confirmed by them. quote silver n. Scots Law (historical in later use) the revenue from quotes (sense 1b). ΚΠ 1563 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 6 The quen's grace..hes appointit 1600 lib. of the reddiest of the quoitt silver to be tane up be the collectoris. 1609 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1609/4/30 The saidis senatouris..of his heighnes college of justice..to..overgif the said quote silver of the testamentis, being the maist and best pairt of thair patrimonie. 1840 J. Lee Hist. Church Scotl. App. In 1563 they [sc. the judges] received £1600 Scots yearly out of the quote silver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). quoten.² Brit. /kwəʊt/, U.S. /kwoʊt/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: quote v.; quotation n. Etymology: Partly < quote v., and partly shortened < quotation n. †1. A marginal reference; = quotation n. 2a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > reference or cross-reference quotation1532 refermenta1558 reference1599 quote1600 renvoy1650 remit1688 cross-reference1834 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. Author to Bk. sig. A2^v O were thy margents, cliffes of itching lust; Or quotes to chalke out men the way to sinne. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Quote, a quote, or quoting; a marke, or note vpon an article. 2. a. A quoted passage or remark; = quotation n. 5.Recorded earliest in quote mark n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [noun] > passage quoted citation1548 quotation1618 quoting1853 quote1885 cite1941 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > practice of citing or quoting > that which is quoted concordance1538 citation1548 remnant1601 traverse1608 quotation1618 tag1702 quote1885 cite1941 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Jan. 6/1 The ‘interviewer’ (..has not the time come for leaving out the quote marks?). 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Dec. 11/2 Stodgy ‘quotes’ from the ancients? 1922 T. S. Eliot Let. ?Jan. in E. Pound Lett. (1951) 236 Do you mean not use the Conrad quote or simply not put Conrad's name to it? 1968 Listener 25 July 108/2 Don't ask me questions, since I have no wish to figure as the father of all the quotes in your stories. 1993 Humanist in Canada Winter 38/2 The categories with the largest numbers of Russel quotes include Belief, Democracy, Education. b. A quotation mark. Usually in plural. See also close quote at close v. Additions, open quote at open v. 17g.air quote: see air n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > quotation marks inverted comma1677 comma1705 quotation mark1715 quote mark1885 quote1888 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 109 Quotes, the turned commas..and apostrophes..used respectively for quoted matter. 1891 Sc. Leader 2 Apr. 6 The portion of this quotation which we have put within quotes. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. ii. 26 Below the signature, in what printers call ‘quotes’, a line..‘Bear the torch and do not falter.’ 1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass ii. 24 He'd have witnesses if I put him in the dock. Witnesses in quotes, I mean. 1997 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May 28/4 An odd habit of putting perfectly ordinary words like ‘spit’ in quotes, but not archaisms or regional terms. 3. = quotation n. 7. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > statement of price of commodities quotation1812 quote1934 1934 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 31 Dec. 3/5 The following are today's custom smelters' quotes for delivered copper (cents per pound). 1959 Daily Mail 8 June 2/3 ‘Quotes’ for readers. The following list of prices is a selection from readers' requests for quotation of some of their shares. 1965 E. Gundrey Foot in Door xii. 91 She was shown a long list of things that needed doing..and was given a quote for ‘about £28’. 1996 Voice 25 June 32/1 This is an excellent time to gather quotes and estimates with a view to home or garden improvements. 2003 BusinessWeek 27 Oct. 50/1 Mutual Fund A places a limit order to buy 10,000 IBM shares at $50. Mutual Fund B wants to unload 10,000 shares at the current market quote. Compounds quote-driven adj. Stock Market designating a system or market in which prices are established by market-makers' quotations giving the price at which they will buy or sell; cf. order-driven adj. (b) at order n. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1984 Times 22 June 35/3 Talisman..has helped the authorities opt for a quote-driven system of competing market makers as the best trading mechanism for the future rather than Wall Street's auction-dominated system of specialists. 1997 Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 41/2 Other stocks will continue to trade on the current, quote-driven system, which relies heavily on market-makers. 2001 Euromoney (Electronic ed.) Dec. 14 We are building a hybrid platform that accommodates both the orderdriven market and a quotedriven market. quote mark n. = sense 2b; (also occasionally) a closing angle bracket used to introduce quoted text. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > quotation marks inverted comma1677 comma1705 quotation mark1715 quote mark1885 quote1888 1885 [see sense 2a]. 1952 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 4 Feb. 6/5 The President said he was not claiming legal immunity for his remarks and don't quote me boys so the remarks came out without the quote marks. 2001 S. Kane Virtual Freedom x. 120 ‘The intentional subject being a myth tied to so-called “objective” morality’ (Sally made the quote marks in the air with her fingers), ‘I'm not very interested in your subject position.’ 2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 24 Nov. 14 The war against terror should not be in quote marks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quotev. Brit. /kwəʊt/, U.S. /kwoʊt/ Forms: Middle English–1600s cote, Middle English– quote, 1500s–1600s coat, 1500s–1600s coate, 1500s–1600s quoat, 1500s–1600s quoate; Scottish pre-1700 cott, pre-1700 quot, pre-1700 quott, pre-1700 1700s– quote; U.S. regional 1800s cote (southern), 1800s– kote (Midland). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin quotare; French quoter. Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin quotare (also cotare) to mark (a book) with numbers (from 13th cent. in British sources), to reckon (numerically) (from 14th cent. in British sources), either < quota quota n., or directly < classical Latin quot how many (see quota n.), and partly < Middle French quoter, coter, quotter, cotter (French coter , †quoter ) to cite (a1374), to mark, note (1426), to mark (with lines, etc.) (1554 as cotter de ), to make reference to (a text) (16th cent.; in French also ‘to assess for taxation’ (1611 in Cotgrave), ‘to state (the price for a commodity)’ (1834)) < cote quote n.¹In the 17th cent., pronunciations with initial /k-/ (rather than /kw-/) are also recorded for forms spelt with qu-, as well as for cote, etc. (see e.g. C. Cooper Grammatica (1685) 77; compare also E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §421). I. Senses relating to citation. †1. a. transitive. To mark (a book) with numbers (as of chapters, biblical verses, etc.); to give (a margin) references to other passages or texts. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > refer to (passage) > mark with references quotea1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 205 Stevene þe archbisshop..coted [v.r. quoted; ?a1475 anon. tr. did connotate; L. quotavit] þe Bible at Parys, and marked þe chapitres. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1394/2 I was desirous to see it agayne,..and beyng sent to me the second tyme, it was thus coted [1596 quoted] in y^e margent as ye see. 1649 in D. C. MacTavish Minutes Synod of Argyll (1943) I. 142 The committee finds in this book that it is not numerat in the pages the margine is little and not quotted. b. transitive. To count or reckon (years). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 37 (MED) The Grekes note theire yeres in thre maneres:—In the firste they cotede [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. accounteþ; L. connotaverunt; v.rr. cotaverunt, quotaverunt, notaverunt] yeres at the glory of their victory from the captiuite of Troye. c. transitive. To mark (with lines). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > mark [verb (transitive)] > with lines score1495 line1530 strike1539 lineate1558 interline1572 rule1599 quote1601 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cij Thou faire frame, with azure lines thick quoted, Bright heauen. 2. a. transitive. To reproduce or repeat a passage from (a book, author, etc.); to repeat a statement by (a person); to give (a specified person, body, etc.) as the source of a statement. Cf. cite v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)] > quote in support > give reference quote1548 1548 N. Udall et al. in tr. Erasmus Paraphr. New Test. Pref. (R.) The text [of the Bible] is throughout coted in the margin [of this book]. 1677 Govt. Tongue (new ed.) iii. 28 It is not from any speculative esteem of sacred Writ, that it is so often quoted. 1701 C. Cooper Vail turn'd Aside iii. 93 They would not Communicate in word with the corrupters of truth, saith Polycarpus, as Quoted by Eusebius, lib 4. chap. 14. 1791 J. Wilkes in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 390 Upon the continent they all quote the vulgate Bible. Shakspeare is chiefly quoted here. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ii. 41 Pray, who was the author you quoted, Mr Oldbuck? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 391 One series..will be occasionally quoted in the course of this work. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 61 He still quotes the poets. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 533/1 A motorphobe was quoted as declaring solemnly in 1906, ‘In another ten years there will not be half the autocars on the roads that there are now.’ 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. xxvii. 156 With a childish hand [she] tweaked loose the frock-fold that had stuck in the peach-cleft—to quote Robert Browning. 1989 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman 29 Apr. a10/1 Military sources were quoted as saying that the inquiry found serious errors in the mission's planning. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo x. 233 His mother, God rest her, was always quoting him. b. transitive. To mention or refer to (a book, author, etc.) as providing support or evidence for a particular statement, opinion, or practice. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)] > quote in support teemOE allaya1387 allegea1398 allegate?a1425 recitea1450 exemplify1509 cite1531 vouch1581 quote1582 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > refer to (passage) > refer to (book or author) quote1582 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. sig. a4 She would have the presumptuous heretike, flying as it were through the whole Bible, and coting the Psalmes, Prophets, Gospels, &c. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. c Mar...in other places he quoates Scripture. Pas. He coateth Scriptures indeed. 1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 43 Quoting a Doctor of the Papacy for the dispensabilitie of an oath. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 55 They quote Ambrose, Augustin, and some other ceremonial doctors. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. iv. 112 Pope Zachary..in a Letter of his to the French, which you your self quote. 1700 J. Collier Second Def. Short View Eng. Stage 17 But after all, Plato does appear in his own Person, and stands fairly quoted in the Margin. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 197. ⁋6 He shall quote and recite one Author against another. 1919 S. J. Weyman Great House xxxiii. 312 Regular old Puseyite you be..Quoting Scripture. 2004 Church Times 2 Apr. 20/1 Cardinal Martini is quoted on teaching that the question of women priests deserves deeper thought. c. transitive. colloquial you can quote me and variants; also don't quote me. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of authority confirmc1290 certify1330 approvec1380 authorizea1393 ratify?a1425 consignc1430 corroborate1530 attest1590 concredit1659 attestate1660 you can quote me1813 1813 R. Cumberland Posth. Dramatick Wks. II. 165 Torrents of tears, and hurricanes of sighs: You may quote me for that. Bad times are coming on. 1919 A. E. Thomas Rainbow i. 14 No, you're not and that's a fact. beast. And you may quote me as saying so to whom it may concern. 1927 E. Hemingway Let. 1 Oct. (2015) III. 300 Clara was looking much better than when she came over and Virginia was looking very badly. But please do not quote me on this. 1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye ii. 12 Of course, I may be wrong—don't quote me, for Heaven's sake. 1973 Times 15 Feb. 18/5 They won't be here at all in three years time. And you can quote me on that too. 1998 A. Rattenbury Casualty (BBC TV rehearsal script) (O.E.D. Archive) 13th Ser. Episode 4. 9 Don't quote me on this, but it sounds like Mark's getting the boot. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 21 Jan. (Mag.) 21 It's a f**ing beezer. And you can quote me on that. †3. a. transitive. To give a reference to (a passage of text), by specifying the page, chapter, etc., where it may be found. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > refer to (passage) quote1574 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon.* 800 They quote for that purpose in the margent the .10. of Matth. verse . 14 . 15. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 246 His faces owne margent did coate such amazes. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 280 What needed he to quote any places to prove his doctrine? 1735 P. Barclay Universal Traveller vi. 263 Whoever has a mind to see them may consult the book last quoted upon the margin. 1800 J. Maxwell Spirit Marine Law 52 By the act quoted in the margin, it was made perpetual. b. intransitive. To set down references; to refer to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentaries [verb (intransitive)] > set down (cross-)references quote1580 cross-refer1879 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 24^v He..desired few Parentheses or digressions, or gloses, but the text, wher he himself, was coating in the margent. 1657 F. Cockin Divine Blossomes 119 Another Book by the same Authour, to the which this Quotes, and would be of great use to go along with this. 4. a. transitive. To repeat or copy out (a passage, utterance, etc.), usually with an indication that one is using another's words. Also of a musician or musical composition: to reproduce or repeat (a passage or tune from another piece of music). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > compose [verb (transitive)] > incorporate passage from other work quotea1680 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > embellish [verb (transitive)] > quote transcribea1634 quotea1680 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > practise literary criticism [verb (transitive)] > quote or cite forthteec1200 quotea1680 thig1728 a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 102 'Twas counted learning once..what men understood by rote, By as implicit sense to quote. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 93 If we may believe what Gesner in his Book of Fishes..quotes from Albertus..the thing will seem more probable. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 333. ¶1 I omitted quoting these Passages in my Observations on the former Books. 1793 J. Beekman Let. 6 Aug. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) 1013 To set this Matter in its proper point of Light, I beg leave to quote a single Extract from our last Letter. 1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church 96 I quote the words of Cornelius Mussus..who assisted at the Council of Trent. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxvii. 378 I quote the following passage from this paper. 1912 Times 4 May 11/4 It is the most fatal thing possible if composers gloss over their own incapacity by quoting folksongs when they want a melody. 1983 New Yorker 5 Dec. 89/1 Masson was quoting Eissler's actual words from memory. 2002 Cathedral Music Oct. 17/3 Duruflé quotes the famous theme from Litanies. b. intransitive. To make quotations, esp. from a text, author, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > practise literary criticism [verb (intransitive)] > quote or cite text1564 quotea1796 a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 328 He clench'd his pamphlets in his fist, He quoted and he hinted. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xiv. 90 He..had a peculiar art of quoting from each author he reviewed. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §5. 142 He..quotes largely from state documents,..and exchequer rolls. 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xviii. 272 ‘I was coming to show you this delightful letter...’ He quoted from it. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) II. 955/1 Var. XIII [of the ‘Enigma Variations’] quotes from Mendelssohn's ‘Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’ Overture. 1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 137 I'm quoting from my recentest, which I wonder whether you've read. c. intransitive (imperative). Used in actual and reported speech to represent the beginning of a passage that one is quoting or purporting to quote; frequently in quote..unquote (also quote-unquote, quote, unquote, etc.) (representing opening and closing quotation marks around the quoted word or phrase).In quot. 1910 transitive with the person quoted as object; cf. sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [phrase] > quote... unquote quote‥unquote1910 unquote1910 1910 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 6 Dec. 1/1 Atwater..had presented a lengthy statement which (quote Nelson) it would be imposing upon your honorable body to copy in full (unquote Nelson). 1918 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 11 Dec. 2/3 Title of picture to be quote Watchful Waiting unquote. 1921 Chicago Tribune 6 July 19 I knew her when she was a quote bear unquote period. 1940 K. Fearing Coll. Poems 67 That miracle thing, the thing that can't be so, quote, unquote, but just the same it's true. 1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley xvii. 198 She says, quote, ‘What girl wouldn't?’ unquote. 1992 New Scientist 19 Sept. 14/2 The most serious land reclamation problems in Wales are lands which have already been, quote, reclaimed. 2001 T. Medina & L. R. Rivera Bum Rush 49 Occupation: jazz musician. Has clippings in pocket as quote-unquote proof. II. Senses relating to recording and estimating. †5. a. transitive. To take mental note of; to notice, observe, mark, scrutinize. Also intransitive: to make mental observations. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] markc1175 note?c1225 heedc1275 apperceivec1300 spyc1380 notec1390 notac1392 registera1393 considerc1400 notifya1425 animadvert?a1475 mind1490 adnote1558 observe1560 quote1560 remark1581 to take note1600 apprehenda1634 to take cognizance of1635 animadverse1642 notice1660 to pass in review1697 smoke1716 cognize1821 spot1848 looky1900 1560 J. Jewel Let. in J. Jewel & H. Cole True Copies Lett. sig. A.ii These matters not written (for that were to mutche paines for you) but noted, or, as they terme it, coted whiche & where they be. 1574 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 56^v Who myndes to cote, vpon this note may easely fynde enough. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 31 What care I What curious eye doth coate deformitie. View more context for this quotation 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. i. sig. D2 To obserue, To quote, to learne the language, and so forth. View more context for this quotation 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. iii. sig. E3^v Ile quote him to a tittle, let him speake wisely, and plainely,..or I shall crush him. 1640 J. D. Knave in Graine i. i. sig. B3 My knowledge coated, and all Italy spoke of a Damosell called Cornelia. b. transitive. To write down; to make a written note or record of; to set down in writing. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing adighteOE to set on writea900 dightc1000 writeOE brevea1225 layc1330 indite1340 take1418 annote1449 printa1450 scribe1465 redact?a1475 reduce1485 letter1504 recite1523 to commit to writing (also paper)1529 pen1530 reduce?1533 token up1535 scripture1540 titulea1550 to set down1562 quote1573 to put down1574 paper1594 to write down1594 apprehend1611 fix1630 exarate1656 depose1668 put1910 society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > note down notec1450 quote1573 note1590 memorandum1789 memorandize1912 mem1915 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 2 New lessons then I noted, and some of olde I coted. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. I2^v Her browes are pretie tables of conceate, Where Loue his records of delight dooth quoate. 1599 T. M. Micro-cynicon iii. sig. B8 Fine Madam Tiptoes..That quotes her paces in Characters downe. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 223 A fellow by the hand of Nature mark'd, Quoted, and sign'd to do a deede of shame. View more context for this quotation 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. C3^v Those [years] that followed.., as it is already quoted, they were such as awakened her Spirits. 1653 S. Fisher Παιδοβαπτιζοντες Παιδιζοντες: Baby-baptism 137 Ile onely add one argument of mine own from the very places you quote. c. transitive. To mention in speaking. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of to speak of ——c825 sayOE besayc1200 talk ofc1230 to make mention ofc1300 readc1300 yminnea1325 nevenc1330 to make mindc1350 toucha1375 famea1400 minta1400 clepec1400 rehearsec1405 recitec1436 reckonc1480 mentionatec1525 mention1530 to speak upon ——1535 name1542 repeatc1550 voice1597 commemorate1599 to speak on ——1600 notice1611 quote1612 to make vent ofa1616 memorate1623 mensh1928 1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 19 Here could I cote a rabble of those wiues, That you would wonder but to heare them nam'd. 6. †a. transitive. To note or mention (esp. a person) for a specified quality, or for having done a specified deed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] speakc900 sayOE sayOE tell?a1160 to put forth?c1225 posea1325 allegec1330 declarec1330 exponec1380 to bring fortha1382 expounda1382 terminec1384 allaya1387 express1386 proport1387 purport1389 cough1393 generalize?a1425 deliverc1454 expremec1470 to show forth1498 promisea1500 term1546 to set forward1560 attribute1563 to throw out1573 quote1575 dictate1599 rendera1616 preport1616 enunciate1623 remonstrate1625 state1642 pronunciate1652 annunciate1763 present1779 enounce1805 report1842 constate1865 lodge1885 outen1951 1575 Exam. Whytgiftes Censures 9 The fyfte poincte is defyned to be a notorious error and in pag 103. it is quoted for a grosse error. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 778 Our letters..shewed much more then iest... Rosa. We did not cote them so. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 208 He's quoted for a most pe[r]fidious slaue. View more context for this quotation 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xxxiii Dr. Robert Wood..hath not been by any Author..so much as quoted for his illuminating us. 1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. ii. 65 We can't quote our Fathers for any thing that's fit to be nam'd. b. transitive. To mention or state; to describe or cite as an instance of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence to draw forthc1175 showa1325 drawc1330 allaya1387 to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393 allegea1398 adduce?a1425 induce1433 recite1509 infera1529 vouch1531 cite1550 avouch1573 relate1604 instance1608 rejourn1624 quote1663 abduce1720 invoke1879 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > find or furnish an instance or example of [verb (transitive)] > cite as an instance or example stir1340 cite1550 name1597 instance1622 quote1663 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxvii. 461 That once Father of us all, whom I take leave frequently to quote as my Oracle, King Charles the First. 1747 H. Walpole Lett. I. 166 How merry my ghost will be, and shake its ears, to hear itself quoted as a person of consummate prudence. 1793 T. Jefferson Public Papers 422 [They] are respected & quoted as witnesses of what is morally right or wrong in particular cases. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 9 As I will evidence in a few instances already quoted. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vii. 173 Few instances of concentrated disdain could be quoted as more pungent. 1977 N. Young Infantile Disorder? viii. 152 The limited Test Ban Treaty and apparent shifts in Labour policy..were quoted as CND successes. 1984 A. Smith Mind v. xv. 283 It is believed that neuron loss does occur, and a figure of 100,000 cells a day, from age twenty-five onwards, is frequently quoted. 1998 Church Times 10 July 16/3 The lawyer quoted the Shema, the central Jewish prayer, as the litmus test for inheriting the Age to Come. 7. a. transitive. To state the price at which (a commodity or service, esp. a stock) is available for purchase. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > state price of commodities quote1776 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 9 July 339/1 By a late letter from the West-Indies that article [sc. salt] is quoted at two shillings per bushel. 1789 J. Swan Let. 27 Aug. in T. Jefferson Papers (1958) XV. 362 The price at which Beef was quoted at Boston last winter, say..7 to 7½ Dollars..for that warranted, marked and Salt petred. 1815 Niles' Reg. 29 Apr. 140/1 Ballast stones were humorously ‘quoted’ in one of the papers..as being in great demand at $150 per ton. 1865 Atlantic Monthly May 575/1 The artist is like the stock which is to be quoted at the board and thrown upon the market. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1155 Prices per 100 at which bricks are quoted. 1907 J. H. Clapham Woollen & Worsted Industries 152 After..the late nineties the number of spinning and manufacturing companies whose shares were quoted on the West Riding Stock Exchanges is comparatively small. 1938 Times 29 Sept. 19/1 War Loan..was being quoted 95 middle in inter-office dealings. 2000 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 23/6 Yesterday's debutants included seven stocks on the New York Stock Exchange and six quoted on the American Stock Exchange. b. transitive. To state (odds) for a race, bet, or other event; to name (a racehorse) at specified odds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > quote odds for quote1826 price1845 1826 Times 15 Apr. 3/4 Waterman cannot be good for much, and in this we are borne out by the present betting, which is quoted at 40 to 1 against him. 1914 C. F. Cahalane Police Pract. & Procedure x. 170 They..receive from each [track] detailed information relative to..odds quoted, horses ‘scratched’, [etc.]. 1934 Collier's 11 Aug. 48/2 Black Gold was quoted at 200 to 1 for the Coffroth event. 1936 Law & Contemporary Probl. 3 296 To quote odds on such a contest would indeed be risky business. 1990 Accountancy Mar. 78/1 Most bets are made on the basis of odds quoted shortly before a race, or at starting prices. 1997 Sporting Life 15 Feb. 1/2 Ladbrokes quote 33–1 for the premier prize, while Hills go 16–1. c. transitive. To state (a price) at which a commodity or service is available for sale. Also: to give (a person) a price for goods or services that can be provided; frequently with double object. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > attach a price to [verb (transitive)] > state price for goods or services quote1839 1839 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 2 138 The Silesian Gazette..quotes the price of a shock of 60 pieces of linen yarn, at Frankenstein, at 26 dollars. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. ii. iv. §3. 289 There is at each time and place a market price, which can be quoted in a price-current. 1878 E. C. Maddison Speculation on Stock Exchange ii. 13 After prices have been quoted ‘ex dividend’. 1928 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 17 May 14/1 When you are quoted a price by a good painter, remember that his price covers..the knowledge of surface conditions. 1971 Timber Trades Jrnl. 14 Aug. 71 (advt.) Your machines..reconditioned, re-installed... Let us quote you. 1990 Which? June 317/1 Prices are as quoted by supermarkets for their own-label goods. 2006 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 19 Sept. 11 She called an emergency plumber from the Yellow Pages who quoted her £460 to fix it. Derivatives ˈquoted adj. (frequently with modifying word; cf. much-quoted adj. at much adj., adv., pron., and n. Compounds 2a and oft-quoted at oft adv. and adj. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [adjective] > determined or stated (of price) fixed1838 quoted1861 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. ix. 626 Any thing conteined in the quoted sentences, Colloss. 3. Genes. 3. [etc.]. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 66 Your quoted Scriptures they proue no such matter. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. cvi. 392 In the first quoted lines..there is nothing but blustering absurdity. 1779 B. Talbot New Art of Land Measuring 272 According to the before-quoted author. 1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 600 The quoted prices merely tell us that buyers or sellers..are on the increase. 1941 P. Grainger Let. 27 Sept. in All-round Man (1994) 176 I think the here-quoted phrase one of the most unforgettable I have ever laid my ears on. 2006 Managem. 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