- To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat,
or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority
or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer. - To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a
statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare. - To name the current price of. - To notice; to observe; to examine. - To set down, as in writing.
Meaning of 'quote' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . quote
[ v]
Meaning (1): - repeat a passage from
Example in sentence:
He quoted the Bible to her
Meaning (2): - refer to for illustration or proof
Example in sentence:
He said he could quote several instances of this behavior
Autoquote Autoquote indicative prices are generated for many of the financial options contracts traded at LIFFE using standard mathematical models as derived by Black and Scholes and Cox, Ross, Rubinstein.
Indirect quote Indirect quote is the price of a unit of a home country’s currency expressed in terms of a foreign country’s currency.
Direct quote Direct quote refers to the price of a unit of foreign exchange expressed in the home country’s currency. The term has meaning only when the “home country” is specified.