something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
the act or practice of quoting.
Commerce.
the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security.
the price so stated.
Origin of quotation
1525–35; 1810–15 for def. 3; <Medieval Latin quotātiōn- (stem of quotātiō), equivalent to quotāt(us) (past participle of quotāre;see quote) + -iōn--ion
Insert the text that is not indexed in quotation marks before the site command and the URL to get the final confirmation of your diagnosis.
How to earn your place in Google’s index in 2020|Bartosz Góralewicz|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Land
For the occasion, the retailer transformed the big blue exterior of the store by adding giant quotation marks, a favorite Abloh design motif, to its yellow IKEA logo.
Ikea promises ‘democratic’ design. Has its Virgil Abloh collaboration lived up?|claychandler|August 25, 2020|Fortune
My family still calls me Joe," he says, "but when my mother's mad, she'll call me Nathan in quotation marks.
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’|Ross Wetzsteon|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I saw it in "Quotation", a group show at the Confederation Center of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Reflecting on Genius|Blake Gopnik|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Rubio camp quickly distanced the lawmaker—who did not participate in the story—from the quotation.
GOP in the Lions’ Den: Why Do Republicans Talk to Liberal Media?|David Freedlander|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The endless succession of quotation marks is its own contrivance, a scrim between Shields and the world.
Is Fiction Worthless? David Shields Think So|Jacob Silverman|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Since Andrew does a point-by-point rebuttal, it's difficult to format a quotation from his piece.
Don't Legalize Marijuana: The Case for More Paternalism in America|David Frum|January 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Page 313: The quotation mark immediately following 'It begins immediately with' has no closing quote.
Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827|Various
"Aurea mediocritas," exclaimed my uncle, delighted with his quotation.
The Ink-Stain, Complete|Rene Bazin
It is not necessary to establish this point by the quotation of particular passages.
Companion to the Bible|E. P. Barrows
These four lines seem to be a quotation, probably from some old ballad.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)|Robert Dodsley
Quotation of the words of Eliphaz in proof of total depravity is a grave error.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job|Robert Watson
British Dictionary definitions for quotation
quotation
/ (kwəʊˈteɪʃən) /
noun
a phrase or passage from a book, poem, play, etc, remembered and spoken, esp to illustrate succinctly or support a point or an argument
the act or habit of quoting from books, plays, poems, etc
commercea statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
an estimate of costs submitted by a contractor to a prospective client; tender
stock exchangeregistration granted to a company or governmental body, enabling the shares and other securities of the company or body to be officially listed and traded
printinga large block of type metal that is less than type-high and is used to fill up spaces in type pages