Quotation

  • 21quotation — noun 1) a quotation from Dryden Syn: extract, quote, citation, excerpt, passage; N.Amer. cite 2) a quotation for the work Syn: estimate, quote, price, tender, bid, costing …

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  • 22quotation — /kwoh tay sheuhn/, n. 1. something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln s letters. 2. the act or practice of quoting. 3. Com. a. the statement of the current or market price of a… …

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  • 23Quotation — A very common term which actually refers to two numbers the highest bid price currently available for a security or commodity and the lowest ask price currently available for the same security/commodity. A security s or commodity s quotation… …

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  • 24Quotation — Kursnotierung; Kurs; Börsennotierung; Börsenkurs * * * Quo|ta|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 Kursnotierung (an der Börse), Berechnung eines Anteils [Neubildung zu quotieren] * * * Quotation   [englisch kwəʊ teɪʃn] die, / en und (bei englischer …

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  • 25quotation — Synonyms and related words: allusion, asking price, bargain price, bearish prices, bid, bid price, book value, bullish prices, call price, case, cash price, charge, citation, closing price, controlled price, cost, cross reference, current price,… …

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  • 26quotation — noun a quotation from Jefferson s first inaugural address Syn: citation, quote, excerpt, extract, passage, line, paragraph, verse, phrase; reference, allusion …

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  • 27quotation — /kwoʊˈteɪʃən / (say kwoh tayshuhn) noun 1. that which is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc. 2. the act or practice of quoting. 3. Commerce a. the statement of the current or market price of a commodity or security. b. the price so …

  • 28quotation — n. 1 the act or an instance of quoting or being quoted. 2 a passage or remark quoted. 3 Mus. a short passage or tune taken from one piece of music to another. 4 Stock Exch. an amount stated as the current price of stocks or commodities. 5 a… …

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  • 29Quotation mark, non-English usage — Quotation marks, also called quotes, speech marks or inverted commas, are punctuation marks used in pairs to set off speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may… …

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  • 30quotation marks — 1. The main use of quotation marks (also called inverted commas) is to indicate direct speech and quotations. In writing it is common to use double quotation marks (“ ”), and in printing practice varies between the double and single style (‘’).… …

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