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quo·ta /'kwəʊtə/ n [(0)] a number or amount that has been
officially fixed as someone's share, e.g. of goods that must be
produced, people that can be allowed in a place etc: The
factory has fulfilled its production quota. | The university has
exceeded its quota of science students.
quo-ta-ble /'kwəʊtəbəl/ adj worthy of being quoted: He
uttered the very quotable remark 'Never ... have so many owed
so much to so few'. -bility /,kwəʊtə'bılətı/ n [U]
quo.ta-tion /kwəʊ'terʃən/ n 1 [C] also quote infl - a
sentence or phrase taken from a work of literature of other
piece of writing and repeated, especially in order to prove a
point or support an argument 2 [U] the act of quot-
ing 3 [C] also quate infl-the calculated cost of a piece of
work: They gave me a quotation for mending the roof: (=told
me how much it would cost) -> compare ESTIMATE
quo'tation mark also inverted comma n either of a pair
of marks ("") or ('') showing the beginning and end of
words quoted
quotel /kwəʊt/ v 1 [(from);T] to repeat in speech or writing
the words of (a person, a book etc): She asked the newspaper
reporter not to quote her remark. | The president was quoted as
saying that he would not stand for re-election. | She quoted
(from) the report to support her point. | Don't quote me on this
(=don't publicly repeat what I am saying) but I think the
company is in serious difficulties. 2 [T] to mention (an
example) to add force to one's argument: She quoted several
cases of unjust imprisonment. 3 [T] to state (a price), e.g. for
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services offered: He quoted £100 for mending the roof. | The
company's shares are currently quoted at 84 pence. -> compare
ESTIMATE
quote² n fm 1 a QUOTATION (1, 3) 2 in quotes in quotation
marks
quote³ adv (used in speech to show that one is starting to
quote): The figures given are (quote) 'not to be trusted'
(unquote), according to this writer.
quoth /kwǝuǝ/ v quoth 1/he/she old use 1/he/she said: 'Here
shall I stay for ever' quoth the magic bird.
quo-tid-i-an /kwǝu'tıdıǝn/ adj [A] old use or foi daily: quotid-
ian duties
quo-tient /'kwǝfǝnt/ n a number which is the result when
one number is divided by another
Qur'an, the /ko:'ra:n, kə-||kə'ræn, -'ra:n/ n another spell-
ing of the word KORAN, the name of the holy book of ISLAM
q.v. abbrev. for (Lat) quod vide; (used for telling readers to look
in another place in the same book to find something out)
QVC /₁kju: vi: 'si:/ trademark an American television CHANNEL
that broadcasts programmes in which the PRESENTERS
advertise different products by showing how useful or beau-
tiful they are. People who are watching the programmes can
order the products by telephone.
qwerty /'kwз:ti||'kwз:rti/ adj BrE (of the KEYBOARD of a
TYPEWRITER or computer) of the ordinary sort, whose top
line begins with the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and Y