quotation

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quotation/kwəʊˈteɪʃn/

▶noun

• 1 a group of words from a text or speech repeated by someone other than the originator.

  ■ a short musical passage or visual image taken from one piece of music or work of art and used in another.

  ■ the action of quoting from a text, work of art, etc.

• 2 a formal statement of the estimated cost of a job or service.

  ■ Stock Exchange a price offered by a market-maker for the sale or purchase of a stock.

• 3 Stock Exchange a registration granted to a company enabling their shares to be officially listed and traded.

– origin C16: from med. L. quotatio(n-), from quotare (see quote).