Quotation - Definition
quotation
n 1: 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" [syn: citation,
cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention,
quotation]
2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn:
quotation, quote, citation]
3: a statement of the current market price of a security or
commodity
4: the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he
lacks originality he must rely on quotation"