Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - quote
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~1 v 1 to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written (quote (sth) from sth) (She quoted from a newspaper article. | quote sb as saying sth) (The President himself was quoted as saying he would veto the bill. | don't quote me (on this) (=used to show that what you are saying is not an official statement)) (Don't quote me on this, but the company is in deep trouble. | quote sb/sth) (To quote an old saying, every dog has his day.) 2 to mention an example of something to support what you are saying 3 to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product (They quoted us $800 for car repairs.) (- compare estimate1) 4 quote ... unquote spoken used at the beginning and end of a quoted word or phrase to emphasize that it is exactly correct ~2 n informal 1 a quotation 2 in quotes words that are in quotes are between a pair of quotation marks
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(quotes, quoting, quoted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said. He quoted Mr Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway... She quoted a great line from a book by Romain Gary... I gave the letter to our local press and they quoted from it. VERB: V n as -ing, V n, V from n 2. A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it. The article starts with a quote from an unnamed member of the Cabinet. = quotation N-COUNT: oft N from n 3. If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying. Mr Meacher quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen. VERB: V n 4. If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or a for a job that you want them to do. A travel agent quoted her ?160 for a flight from Bristol to Palma... He quoted a price for the repairs. VERB: V n n, V n 5. A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work. Always get a written quote for any repairs needed. = quotation N-COUNT 6. If a company’s shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price. (BUSINESS) In early trading in Hong Kong yesterday, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce... Heron is a private company and is not quoted on the Stock Market. V-PASSIVE: be V-ed at amount, be V-ed on n 7. Quotes are the same as quotation marks. (INFORMAL) The word ‘remembered’ is in quotes. N-PLURAL 8. You can say ‘quote’ to show that you are about to quote someone’s words. (SPOKEN) He predicts they will have, quote, ‘an awful lot of explaining to do’. CONVENTION ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; quoting) Etymology: Medieval Latin quotare to mark the number of, number references, from Latin quotus of what number or quantity, from quot how many, (as) many as; akin to Latin qui who — more at who Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. a. to speak or write (a passage) from another usually with credit acknowledgment b. to repeat a passage from especially in substantiation or illustration c. borrow 2a quoting the motifs of past artists 2. to cite in illustration ~ cases of similar acts 3. a. to state (the current price or bid-offer spread) for a commodity, stock, or bond b. to give exact information on 4. to set off by quotation marks intransitive verb to inform a hearer or reader that matter following is ~d • ~r noun II. noun Date: 1888 1. quotation 2. quotation mark — often used orally to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 cite or appeal to (an author, book, etc.) in confirmation of some view. 2 repeat a statement by (another person) or copy out a passage from (don't quote me). 3 (often absol.) a repeat or copy out (a passage) usu. with an indication that it is borrowed. b (foll. by from) cite (an author, book, etc.). 4 (foll. by as) cite (an author etc.) as proof, evidence, etc. 5 a enclose (words) in quotation marks. b (as int.) (in dictation, reading aloud, etc.) indicate the presence of opening quotation marks (he said, quote, 'I shall stay'). 6 (often foll. by at) state the price of (a commodity, bet, etc.) (quoted at 200 to 1). 7 Stock Exch. regularly list the price of. --n. colloq. 1 a passage quoted. 2 a price quoted. 3 (usu. in pl.) quotation marks. Etymology: ME, earlier 'mark with numbers', f. med.L quotare f. quot how many, or as QUOTA ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) котировать 2) назначать цену 3) ссылаться 4) цитировать - forward quote - single quote ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. гл. 1) общ. цитировать, ссылаться 2) общ. ставить открывать кавычки, брать в кавычки 3) эк. назначать цену, давать расценку to quote a price on a house — назначить цену за дом 4) бирж. котировать (устанавливать биржевую цену товаров, ценных бумаг, иностранной валюты) to be quoted at 500 dollars per ton — котироваться (по цене) 500 долларов за тонну See: exchange, quotation 5) бирж. только в страдательном обороте котироваться (о ценных бумагах: иметь хождение на бирже; об эмитенте ценных бумаг, имеющих хождение на бирже) The organization is quoted on the Stock Exchange. — Эта фирма котируется на фондовой бирже See: security, stock exchange, issuer 2. сущ. 1) общ. выдержка, цитата 2) общ., мн. ковычки 3) эк. = quotation 4) бирж. = quotation QUOTE 1) назначать цену, ставку; расценивать 2) цитировать – to quote a rate QUOTE гл. назначать цену/ставку, котировать, расценивать - closing quote - firm quote - quote a price for - quote a price for the goods - quote a rate - quote the price ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. разг. цитата 2. pl. кавычки 3. цитировать, приводить чьи-л. слова to quote from a book —- приводить цитату из книги 4. делать ссылку, ссылаться (на автора) to quote an instance —- привести пример (откуда-л.) may I quote you on that? —- можно при этом сослаться на вас? 5. открывать кавычки, брать в кавычки 6. ком. назначать цену, ставку и т. п., расценивать to quote a price on a house —- назначить цену за дом 7. бирж. котировать to be quoted at 500 dollars per ton —- котироваться (по цене) 500 долларов за тонну ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. v. 1) цитировать; ссылаться (на кого-л.); may I quote you? - можно сослаться на вас? Many people quote from the Bible without knowing that they are doing so. 2) открывать кавычки; брать в кавычки 3) назначать цену; давать расценку; котировать (at) Syn: see cite 2. noun; coll. 1) цитата 2) pl. кавычки Syn: see quotation ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., from O.Fr. coter, from M.L. quotare "distinguish by numbers, number chapters," from L. quotus "which, what number (in sequence)," from quot "how many," related to quis "who." The meaning "cite passages" is first recorded 1574; that of "repeat exact words of another" is mid-17c. The business sense of "to state the price of a commodity" (1866) revives the etymological meaning. Quotable is from 1821. Unquote first recorded 1935, in a letter by e e cummings. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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