quotation
nounUK /kwəʊˈteɪʃn/
US /kwoʊˈteɪʃn/
A quotation is the exact words that someone said or wrote.
She began her speech with a quotation from her favorite book.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A price that a company says it will charge for a job or service.
The builder gave us a quotation for fixing the roof.
3. The act of repeating someone's exact words.
The quotation of the poem made the card feel special.
4. A small mark (" ") used to show that words are someone else's.
Put quotation marks around the title of the song.