quotation

quo·ta·tion

noun \kwō-ˈtā-shən also kō-\

Definition of QUOTATION

1

: something that is quoted; especially : a passage referred to, repeated, or adduced

2

a : the act or process of quoting

b (1) : the naming or publishing of current bids and offers or prices of securities or commodities (2) : the bids, offers, or prices so named or published; especially : the highest bid and lowest offer for a particular security in a given market at a given time

Examples of QUOTATION

1. He gathered quotations from the trial transcript to prove his point.
2. a well-known quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln
3. a book of humorous quotations
4. She relied heavily on quotation in her essays, which made them less original.

First Known Use of QUOTATION

1607

Related to QUOTATION

Synonyms

citation, quote

Related Words

allusion, reference; excerpt, extract; line, part, section; snippet

Rhymes with QUOTATION

aeration, Alsatian, carnation, castration, causation, cessation, cetacean, citation, Claymation, cognation, collation, conflation, C ration, creation, cremation, crenation, Croatian, crustacean, dalmatian, damnation, deflation, delation, dictation, dilation, donation, earth station, elation, Eurasian, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, formation, foundation, frustration, gas station, gestation, gradation, gustation, guttation, gyration, hydration, inflation, lactation, legation, libation, location, lunation, lustration, luxation, migration, mutation, narration, negation, notation, oblation, oration, outstation, ovation, palmation, palpation, plantation, potation, predation, privation, probation, pronation, proration, prostration, pulsation, punctation, pupation, purgation, relation, rogation, rotation, salvation, sedation, sensation, serration, space station, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, striation, substation, summation, tarnation, taxation, temptation, translation, truncation, vacation, vexation, vibration, vocation, way station, workstation