Main entry: quotation
Definition: the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
Usage: since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation
Main entry: quotation, quote, citation
Definition: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Main entry: quotation
Definition: a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
Main entry: mention, quotation, reference, citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit
Definition: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Usage: the student's essay failed to list several important citations; the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book; the article includes mention of similar clinical cases