quote

quote1 [ kwout ] verb ***

1. ) intransitive or transitive to say or write words that someone else has said or written:

Can I quote you on that (=repeat exactly what someone has said about something)?

quote someone as saying something: The official was quoted as saying that he didn't care about jobs.

quote from: She claimed to be quoting from an official report.

2. ) transitive to tell someone what price you would charge them to do a particular piece of work:

quote someone something: They quoted us $500 to replace the whole window.

quote for: How much did they quote for the job?

3. ) transitive to give something as an example to support what you are saying:

He quoted the example of a forty-year-old man who has been waiting nearly two years for an operation.

quote...unquote SPOKEN

if someone says quote before a word or phrase, they are showing that they are repeating someone's words exactly, and they often say unquote at the end

quote unquote SPOKEN

used before or after a word or phrase for emphasizing that you do not agree with it or approve of it:

They do it because it's the quote unquote thing to do.

quote

quote 2 [ kwout ] noun count INFORMAL *

1. ) a QUOTATION from a book, play, speech, etc.:

quote from: a quote from Shakespeare

2. ) the price that someone says they will charge you for doing a particular piece of work:

quote for: Can you give us a quote for the whole job?

3. ) quotes plural QUOTATION MARKS