Topic: LITERATURE
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | quotare, from Latin quot 'how many' |
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1 [intransitive and transitive]ALTCN to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written
2 [transitive] 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.
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 [transitive] 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.
Mr Jackson quoted the case of an elderly man who had been evicted from his home.4 [transitive]TBB to tell a customer the price you will charge them for a service or product : They quoted a price of £15,000.
They quoted a price of £15,000.5 [transitive] to give the price of a share or currency : The pound was quoted this morning at just under $1.46.
The pound was quoted this morning at just under $1.46.6 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.'
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spokenPThe minister said, quote: 'There will be no more tax increases this year.'7 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
