quoted Definition

quote
verb, tr & intr quoted, quoting

1. To cite or offer (someone else or the words or ideas, etc of someone else) to substantiate an argument.
2. To repeat in writing or speech (the exact words, etc of someone else).

Thesaurus: cite, refer to, repeat, echo, recite, retell.
3. To cite or repeat (figures or data, etc).
tr & intr
4. Said of a contractor: to submit or suggest (a price) for doing a specified job or for buying something.

Example: quoted her £600 as a trade-in
5. stock exchange.
To state the price of (a security, commodity or stock, etc).
6. To give (a racehorse) betting odds as specified.

Example: Desert Orchid is quoted at 2/1
Form: quote something at something (usually)
7a. To put quotation marks around (a written passage, word or title, etc);
7b. To indicate (in speech) that a specified part has been said by someone else.

Example: The report says, quote, “The failure was deliberate but non-duplicitous.” unquote
Form: quote ... unquote (also)
8. To cite or offer it as (an example, model or standard, etc).

Form: quote something as something (usually)
9. To refer to (a law, etc) as authority or support.

noun

1. A quotation.
2. A price quoted.
3. Quotation marks.

Form: quotes

Etymology: 14c: from Latin quotare to give passages reference numbers, from quot how many?