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Related topics:1 [countable]ALTCN 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 [= quote] 
The following quotation is taken from a nineteenth century travel diary.a dictionary of quotations
The following quotation is taken from a nineteenth century travel diary.a dictionary of quotations2 [countable]TBBBT a written statement of exactly how much money something will cost [↪ estimate]
3 [uncountable]ALTCN the act of quoting something that someone else has written or said
