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  • 41quote — [c]/kwoʊt / (say kwoht) verb (quoted, quoting) –verb (t) 1. to repeat (a passage, etc.) from a book, speech, etc., as the words of another, as by way of authority, illustration, etc. 2. to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.). 3. to bring… …

  • 42quote — Une Quote partie, La quote partie afferant à un chacun, Quelque partie, Quota pars …

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  • 43Quote — die Quote, n (Aufbaustufe) Anteil einer Größe an einem Ganzen Synonym: Rate Beispiel: Die Quote der Arbeitslosen stieg von 8 auf 9 Prozent an …

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  • 44quote — v. & n. v.tr. 1 cite or appeal to (an author, book, etc.) in confirmation of some view. 2 repeat a statement by (another person) or copy out a passage from (don t quote me). 3 (often absol.) a repeat or copy out (a passage) usu. with an… …

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  • 45quote — I. verb (quoted; quoting) Etymology: Medieval Latin quotare to mark the number of, number references, from Latin quotus of what number or quantity, from quot how many, (as) many as; akin to Latin qui who more at who Date: 1582 transitive verb 1.… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 46quote — See quote, unquote …

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  • 47Quote — a) Anteil, Kontingent, Rate. b) Zuschauerquote; (Rundfunk, Fernsehen): Einschaltquote. * * * Quote,die:⇨Anteil(1) QuoteTeil,Anteil,Kontingent,Zahl,Anzahl,Rate,Menge …

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  • 48quote — [14] Latin quot meant ‘how many’. From it was derived the adjective quotus ‘of what number’, whose feminine form quota was used in post classical times as a noun, denoting literally ‘how great a part’ – whence English quota [17]. Quotus also… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49quote*/ — [kwəʊt] verb I 1) [I/T] to say or write words that someone else has said or written He was quoted as saying that he was shocked by the judge s decision.[/ex] Robert quoted from one of Churchill s speeches.[/ex] 2) [T] to give something as an… …

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  • 50quote — [[t]kwoʊt[/t]] v. quot•ed, quot•ing, n. 1) to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority or illustration 2) to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.) 3) to cite or bring forward as support 4) to… …

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