to repeat (a passage or phrase previously said or written, esp by another) in writing or speech, usu with an acknowledgment
to repeat a passage or phrase from (a writer or work), esp in substantiation or illustration
to quote Shakespeare
to make an estimate of or give exact information on (the price of a commodity or service)
to give a quotation for a service or commodity
to make an estimate of or give exact information on (the price of a commodity or service)
to name (the current buying or selling price) of a commodity, stock, share, etc
to name the current buying or selling price of (a commodity, stock, share, etc)
to quote the shares of (a company) on a stock exchange
to set off (a word or phrase) by quotation marks
to say or write something previously said or written, esp by another
The Prime Minister said, and I quote, ‘We have beaten inflation’
to give a quotation for a service or commodity
I asked him to quote for redecorating the house
informal used in speech at the beginning and end of a direct quotation, usu to emphasize that the intervening words are those actually used by the original speaker or writer