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   quote

   /kwəʊt/

   verb

   • 1. repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person): "I realized she was quoting passages from Shakespeare" Similar reciterepeatsay againreproducerestateretellechoiterateparrottakeextractexcerptderivemisquotearchaic:ingeminate
   • ▪ repeat a statement by (someone): "a military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border was now quiet"
   • ▪ mention or refer to (someone or something) to provide evidence or authority for a statement or opinion: "the examples quoted above could be multiplied from case studies from all over England" Similar citementionrefer tomake reference togivenameinstancespecifyidentifyrelaterecountenumeratelistitemizespell outallude toadduceexemplifyput forwardpoint outcall attention topresentofferadvancepropose
   • ▪ put forward or describe someone or something as being: "heavy teaching loads are often quoted as a bad influence on research"
   • 2. give someone (the estimated price of a job or service): "a garage quoted him £30" Similar estimatestatesettenderbidofferprice something at
   • ▪ name at (specified odds): "he is quoted as 9–2 favourite to score the first goal of the match"
   • 3. give (a company) a quotation or listing on a stock exchange: "a British conglomerate quoted on the London Stock Exchange"

   noun

   • 1. a quotation from a text or speech: "a quote from Wordsworth"
   • ▪ quotation marks: "use double quotes around precise phrases you wish to search for"
   • 2. a quotation giving the estimated cost for a particular job or service: "quotes from different insurance companies"
   • 3. a price offered by a market-maker for the sale or purchase of a stock or other security: "quotes for North Sea Brent were rising"
   • ▪ a quotation or listing of a company on a stock exchange.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota (see quota). The original sense was ‘mark a book with numbers, or with marginal references’, later ‘give a reference by page or chapter’, hence ‘cite a text or person’ (late 16th century).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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