quote

quote¹ W3S2 [kwəut US kwout] v

[Date: 1300-1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: quotare, from Latin quot 'how many']

1.) [I and T]

to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written

quote from

▪ She quoted from a newspaper article.

▪ He quoted a short passage from the Bible.

▪ A military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border area is now safe.

quote sb on sth

▪ Can I quote you on that?

2.) [T]

to give a piece of information that is written down somewhere

▪ You can order by phoning our hotline and quoting your credit card number.

▪ He quoted a figure of 220 deaths each year from accidents in the home.

3.) [T]

to give something as an example to support what you are saying

= ↑cite

▪ Mr Jackson quoted the case of an elderly man who had been evicted from his home.

quote sth as sth

▪ He quoted the example of France as a country with an excellent rail service.

▪ The nurses' union was quoted as an example of a responsible trade union.

4.) [T]

to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product

▪ They quoted a price of £15,000.

quote sth for sth

▪ The firm originally quoted £6,000 for the whole job.

5.) [T]

to give the price of a share or ↑currency

▪ The pound was quoted this morning at just under $1.46.

▪ The company is now quoted on the stock exchange (=people can buy and sell shares in it) .

6.) (I) quote

spoken used when you are going to repeat what someone else has said, to emphasize that it is exactly the way they said it

▪ The minister said, quote: 'There will be no more tax increases this year.'

7.) Quote ... unquote

spoken used at the beginning and end of a word or phrase that someone else has said or written, to emphasize that you are repeating it exactly

quote ²

quote² S2 n

1.) a sentence or phrase from a book, speech etc which you repeat in a speech or piece of writing because it is interesting or amusing

= ↑quotation quote from

▪ a quote from the minister's speech

2.) in quotes

words that are in quotes are written with ↑quotation marks around them to show that someone said those words

3.) a statement of how much it will probably cost to build or repair something

= ↑estimate

▪ Always get a quote before proceeding with repair work.