■ verb
1》 repeat or copy out (a passage from a text or speech by another).
↘repeat a passage or statement from.
2》 ( ~ someone/thing as ) put forward or describe someone or something as being.
3》 give someone (an estimated price).
↘( ~ someone/thing at/as ) name someone or something at (specified odds).
4》 Stock Exchange give (a company) a listing on a stock exchange.
■ noun
1》 a quotation.
2》 ( ~s ) quotation marks.
Phrases
~ —— un~ informal used parenthetically to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation.
Origin
ME (orig. 'mark a book with numbers or marginal references'): from med. L. quotare , from quot 'how many', or from med. L. quota (see quota ).