[quo.ta.tion] n (1646) 1 a: the act or process of quoting b (1): the naming or publishing of current bids and offers or prices of securities or commodities (2): the bids, offers, or prices so named or published; esp: the highest bid and lowest offer for a particular security in a given market at a given time
2: something that is quoted; esp: a passage referred to, repeated, or adduced