quotationとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotatio, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote +‎ -ation.^[1]

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kwoʊˈteɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

quotation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 quotations)

1. A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.

   Synonyms: quote, citation

   "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.

2. A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

   Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.

3. The act of setting a price.
4. (obsolete) A quota, a share.^[2]

同意語

• (price): quote

等位語

• attestation

下位語

• (price): bid, ask, offer

派生語

参照

• quotation at OneLook Dictionary Search