Betekenis van quotation In het Nederlands

• 0 a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature, poetry, etc. or what someone else has said:

  • At the beginning of the book there's a quotation from Abraham Lincoln.

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

  • We decided to go with the lowest quotation.

• 2 the fact that a company's shares are being traded on a particular stock market:

  • Changes in the listing rules have reduced the advantage of obtaining a quotation on this stock market.

• 3 a group of words from a book, play, speech, etc., that are repeated by someone who did not write them:

  • A quotation from Shakespeare prefaces the novel.

• 4 the price that a person says they will charge:

  • He called back to say the price quotes were "not accurate."

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

  • a quotation for sth You can request a quotation for professional indemnity insurance online.

  • get/give sb/ask for a quotation Get at least three quotations for the work.

  • Written quotations are available on request.

• 6 the price of a company's shares on a stock market at a particular time:

  • In a few years, trading securities will be digital and people will be able instantly to get stock-price quotations.

  • By publishing quotations, the market maker raises the profile of the security.

• 7 if a company's shares have a quotation on a particular stock market, they are being traded on it:

  • A quotation on the London market is a logical next step.

  • In 2005 the company withdrew its shares from public quotation .