quote

1. (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).Examples: "The writer quoted the president's speech."Synonyms: citetransitive

2. (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.Examples: "Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?"transitive

3. (commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.transitive

4. (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.intransitive

5. (archaic) To observe, to take account of.Examples: "But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?"; "That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …"; "I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirth For me to quote his passions and his smiles, His amorous haviour, …"archaic