requotationn.
/ˌriːkwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrikwoʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action or an act of quoting something again; a further quotation.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > statement of price of commodities > new or revised
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1822 N. Drake Evenings in Autumn I. viii. 196 (note) This motto..struck me as applying so appossitely [sic]..as to form a sufficient excuse for its re-quotation.
1862 H. Welby Predict. realized in Mod. Times 9 The re-quotation appearing in The Times..travelled through the various metropolitan and provincial journals in England.
1941 Mod. Law Rev. 4 197 Aristotle's famous passage, dealing with the relations of law and equity, will bear re-quotation.
1957 D. Piper Eng. Face iii. 76 A passage, for the requotation of which no apology is necessary.
1994 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 May 8 The replies received..were ‘fairly brusque’ consisting mainly of re-quotations of passages from the Downing Street Declaration.
2. A new or revised quotation of a price, esp. of a share; the relisting of a company's shares on a stock exchange.
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1852 Manch. Examiner & Times 7 Jan. 1 (advt.) There is an entire re-quotation of prices.
1881 Times 25 Aug. 5/2 Russia Copper Company (Limited), re-quotation of shares.
1964 Economist 29 Aug. 848/1 A requotation for their shares.
1973 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 1/6 Pergamon Press..is back in profit and looking for an early requotation on the Stock Exchange.
2000 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 5 Dec. (Business section) 22 Suspended nickel miner Preston Resources Ltd plans to apply for requotation of its shares in the first half of 2001.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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