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  QUOTATION, n.  The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. 
  The words erroneously repeated.
  
      Intent on making his quotation truer,
      He sought the page infallible of Brewer,
      Then made a solemn vow that we would be
      Condemned eternally.  Ah, me, ah, me!
                                                            Stumpo Gaker

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Quotation \Quo*ta"tion\ (kw[-o]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [From
     Quote.]
     1. The act of quoting or citing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing
        named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
        --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of
        stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.
  
     4. Quota; share. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Print.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type,
        and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth,
        used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of
        chapters, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Quotation marks (Print.), two inverted commas placed at the
        beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage
        quoted from an author in his own words.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Quotation \Quo*ta"tion\, n. [From Quote.]
     1. The act of quoting or citing.
  
     2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing
        named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
        --Locke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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,
             acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention]
       2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: 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"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  quotation
     Αγγλικά n.
     το παράθεμα, το εδάφιο, το χωρίο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  quotation
     n.
     1 A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else,
  for example from literature or a famous speech.
     2 A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
     3 The act of setting a price.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A quota, a share.<ref>(R:Webster 1913:
  Quotation)</ref>

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  quotation
     n.
     1 A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else,
  for example from literature or a famous speech.
     2 A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
     3 The act of setting a price.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A quota, a share.<ref>(R:Webster 1913:
  Quotation)</ref>

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  quotation
     n.
     1 A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else,
  for example from literature or a famous speech.
     2 A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
     3 The act of setting a price.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A quota, a share.<ref>(R:Webster 1913:
  Quotation)</ref>

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  quotation
     n.
     1 A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else,
  for example from literature or a famous speech.
     2 A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
     3 The act of setting a price.
     4 (lb en obsolete) A quota, a share.<ref>(R:Webster 1913:
  Quotation)</ref>

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  quotation
     Englanti n.
     1 lainaus, sitaatti
     2 siteeraaminen
     3 (yhteys rahoitus k=en) noteeraus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  quotation
     Engelska n.
     1 citat
     2 kurs
     3 offert, anbud

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Quotation /kvˌoːtatsjˈoːn/ 
   [fin.] stock exchange quotation , stock exchange listing 
     Synonyms: Börsennotierung, Börsenotierung, Kursnotierung, Notierung, Börsennotiz, Börsenotiz
  
   see: Börsennotierungen, Börsenotierungen, Kursnotierungen, Notierungen, Börsennotizen, Börsenotizen, Quotationen, amtliche Börsennotiz

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  quotation /kwəʊtˈeɪʃən/
  aanhaling

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  quotation /kwəʊtˈeɪʃən/
  aanhalingstekens

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Quotation /kwəʊtˈeɪʃən/
  التقدير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  quotation //kwoʊˈteɪʃən// 
  1. котиро́вка
  act of naming a price; price that has been quoted
  2. цита́т
  fragment of a human expression