quote

noun

1. A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.

   “She loved reading quotes of famous people.”

2. A quotation mark.
3. A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.

   “After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.”

4. A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.

verb

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

   “The writer quoted the president's speech.”

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

   “Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?”

3. (transitive)To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
4. (intransitive)To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
5. (archaic)To observe, to take account of.

   “But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?”

   “That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …”

   “I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirth For me to quote his passions and his smiles, His amorous haviour, …”

particle

1. Used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation.

   “She told me she was, quote, "too hot for you."”