quotation
(noun) the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; “since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation”
quotation, quote, citation
(noun) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
quotation
(noun) a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; “the student’s essay failed to list several important citations”; “the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book”; “the article includes mention of similar clinical cases”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quotation (countable and uncountable, plural quotations)
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc, may be quoted.
Synonyms: quote, citation
A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
The act of setting a price.
(obsolete) A quota, a share.
• (price): quote
• attestation
• (price): bid, ask, offer
Source: Wiktionary
Quo*ta"tion, n. Etym: [From Quote.]
1. The act of quoting or citing.
2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke.
3. (Com.)
Definition: The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
4. Quota; share. [Obs.]
5. (print.)
Definition: A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc. Quotation marks (Print.), two inverted commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage quoted from an author in his own words.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
