quote

quote
/kwəυt/ verb
1. to repeat words or a reference number used by someone else
He quoted figures from the annual report.
In reply please quote this number.
When making a complaint please quote the batch number printed on the box.
She replied, quoting the number of the account.
2. to estimate what a cost or price is likely to be
to quote a price for supplying stationery
Their prices are always quoted in dollars.
He quoted me a price of £1,026.
Can you quote for supplying 20,000 envelopes?
noun
an estimate of how much something will cost (informal)
to give someone a quote for supplying computers
We have asked for quotes for refitting the shop.
His quote was the lowest of three.
We accepted the lowest quote.
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‘…banks operating on the foreign exchange market refrained from quoting forward US/Hongkong dollar exchange rates’ [South China Morning Post]

Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.

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  • quote — [kwōt] vt. quoted, quoting [altered (infl. by L) < ME coten < ML quotare, to mark the number of, divide into chapters < L quotus, of what number < IE * kwoti , how many < interrogative base * kwo > WHO] 1. to reproduce or repeat …   English World dictionary

  • Quote — (kw[=o]t), n. A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quote — I verb adduce, adferre, circumstantiate, cite, cite a holding of a case, corroborate, detail, document, duplicate, establish, excerpt, extract, give word for word, go into detail, instance, make reference, paraphrase, point out, produce an… …   Law dictionary

  • Quote — (v. lat.), bei gemeinschaftlichem Gewinn od. Verlust od. bei Abgaben der Antheil, welcher auf den Einzelnen od. auf einen besteuerten Gegenstand kommt; daher Quotiren, diese Vertheilung bewirken; Quotation (Quotisation), die Antheilsberechnung;… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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