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  • 31quote — 01. The mayor was [quoted] in the newspaper as being against the proposal. 02. Boris always tries to impress the girls with [quotations] from Shakespeare s sonnets. 03. My high school teacher always tried to inspire and encourage us by writing… …

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  • 32quote — quotation / quote [n1] repetition of something spoken or written by someone citation, citing, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote, recitation, reference, saying, selection; concepts 274,278 quotation / quote [n2] financial estimate bid, bid …

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  • 33quote — {{11}}quote (n.) quotation, 1885, from QUOTE (Cf. quote) (v.). {{12}}quote (v.) late 14c., to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references, from O.Fr. coter, from M.L. quotare distinguish by numbers, number chapters, from L. quotus… …

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  • 34QUOTE — adj. f. Il n est usité que dans cette locution, Quote part, La part que chacun doit payer ou recevoir, dans la répartition d une somme totale. Il doit payer tant pour sa quote part. Il lui revient tant pour sa quote part. Voyez COTE …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 35Quote — 1. The last price at which a security or commodity traded, meaning the most recent price on which a buyer and seller agreed and at which some amount of the asset was transacted. 2. The bid or ask quotes are the most current prices and quantities… …

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  • 36Quote — Quo̲·te die; , n; eine bestimmte Anzahl im Verhältnis zu einem Ganzen ≈ Anteil <eine hohe, niedrige Quote; die Quote von etwas ermitteln, berechnen>: Die Quote der tödlichen Verkehrsunfälle sank um drei Prozent …

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  • 37quote — verb 1》 repeat or copy out (a passage from a text or speech by another).     ↘repeat a passage or statement from. 2》 (quote someone/thing as) put forward or describe someone or something as being. 3》 give someone (an estimated price).     ↘(quote …

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  • 38quote — quoter, n. /kwoht/, v., quoted, quoting, n. v.t. 1. to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. 2. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). 3. to use a brief excerpt from:… …

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  • 39quote — 1. verb /kwəʊt/ a) To refer to (part of) a speech that has been made by someone else. But must our moderne Critticks envious eyeSeeme thus to quote some grosse deformity? b) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price. That hath made… …

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  • 40quote — 1. verb 1) he quoted a sentence from the book Syn: recite, repeat, reproduce, retell, echo, parrot, iterate; take, extract 2) she quoted one case in which a girl died Syn: cite, mention …

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