Quote

  • 1quote — quote, cite, repeat are not close synonyms, though all mean to speak or write again something already said or written by another. Quote usually implies a use of another s words, commonly with faithful exactness or an attempt at it, for some… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 2Quote — (kw[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.] 1. To cite, as a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3quote — QUOTE. adj. f. Il n a d usage que dans cette phrase, Quote part, Qui se dit de la part que chacun doit payer ou recevoir dans la repartition d une somme totale. Il doit payer tant pour sa quote part. il luy revient tant pour sa quote part.… …

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  • 4Quote — bezeichnet einen Anteil einer Bestandsgröße, zum Beispiel Frauenquote, oder in selteneren Fällen das Verhältnis zweier Größen, zum Beispiel Wettquote. Sie wird meistens in Prozent angegeben. Im Gegensatz zur Rate, die sich immer auf eine… …

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  • 5quote — quote; un·quote; mis·quote; …

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  • 6quote — ► VERB 1) repeat or copy out (a passage or remark by another). 2) repeat a passage or remark from. 3) (quote as) put forward or describe as being. 4) give someone (an estimated price). 5) (quote at/as) name (someone or something) at (specified… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7quote — [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 …

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  • 8Quote — (kw[=o]t), n. A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9quote — 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… …

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  • 10Quote — (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