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quotation
A	noun
	1	quotation
			the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚practice; pattern ╚quotation
	2	quotation, quote, citation
			a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚section; subdivision ╚passage ╚excerpt; extract; selection ╚quotation, quote, citation ╚misquotation ╚mimesis ╚epigraph
	3	quotation
			a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚quotation
	4	citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
			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
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚comment; commentary ╚note; annotation; notation ╚citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation ╚cross-reference; cross-index ╚photo credit