Definition of "quote"

A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.  examples

A quotation mark.  examples

A summary of work to be done with a set price.  examples

A price set for a financial security or commodity.  examples

(transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).  examples

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.  examples

(commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.  examples

(intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.  examples

(archaic) To observe, to take account of.  quotations