Meaning of quote In English

• 0 to repeat the words that someone else has said or written:

  • He's always quoting from the Bible.

  • "If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying.

  • She worked, to quote her daughter, "as if there were no tomorrow".

  • Can I quote you on that (= can I repeat to other people what you have just said)?

  • [ + two objects ] Quote me one organization that doesn't have some bad managers.

• 1 to give a price, especially one that will be charged for doing a piece of work:

  • The architect has quoted £90,000 to build a patio.

• 2 the price that a person or company says they will charge to do a piece of work:

  • I asked several companies to give me a quote for the building work.

• 3 the symbols “ ” or ‘ ’ that are put around a word or phrase to show that someone else has written or said it:

  • Put the title of the article in quotes.

• 4 to repeat words that someone else has said or written:

  • [ T ] She quoted him as saying he couldn’t care less.

  • [ I ] He illustrated by quoting from Winston Churchill’s speech.

  • [ T ] The judge quoted several cases to support his opinion.

  • He hailed the performance as, quote, an extraordinary achievement.

  • She moved to New York City knowing that that's where she had to live to, quote, unquote, make it in the music world.

• 5 to state a price or amount that something will cost:

  • The roofer quoted $3000 to fix the roof.

• 6 to tell a customer how much a job, service, or product will cost:

  • quote sb sth A law firm in Washington D.C. quoted me a fee of $25,000 to get the paperwork done.

  • quote for sth Some insurers will even decline to quote for new business if the home is in a risky area.

• 7 to give the current price of a company's shares or of a currency:

  • The old system allows market makers to quote prices at which they will buy and sell large blocks of shares through all conditions.

  • quote sth at $1.50/£2.25/75p, etc. The British pound was quoted at $1.5117, down from $1.5135 in New York.

• 8 to record a company's name on a stock exchange so that its shares can be traded there:

  • quote sth on sth The Footsie is an average of the share prices of the biggest 100 companies quoted on the stock market.

• 9 a statement of how much a job, service, or product will cost:

  • Most quotes are valid for a month.

  • If you already have a UK medical policy, ask for a quote for offshore cover.

  • a quote for (doing) sth The quotes for the building work varied from $15,000 to $70,000.