quote
verb
kwəʊt 
kwoʊt repeat exact words
1 [transitive, intransitive] to repeat the exact words that another person has said or writtenquote something (from somebody/something) He quoted a passage from the minister's speech.to quote ShakespeareQuote this reference number in all correspondence.The figures quoted in this article refer only to Britain.quote (somebody) (as doing something) The President was quoted in the press as saying that he disagreed with the decision.‘It will all be gone tomorrow.’ ‘Can I quote you on that? ’Don't quote me on this (= this is not an official statement), but I think he is going to resign.She said, and I quote, ‘Life is meaningless without love.’+ speech ‘The man who is tired of London is tired of life,’ he quoted. see also misquotegive example
2 [transitive] quote (somebody) something to mention an example of something to support what you are sayingCan you quote me an instance of when this happened?give price
3 [transitive, intransitive] quote (somebody) (something) (for something/for doing something) to tell a customer how much money you will charge them for a job, service or productThey quoted us £300 for installing a shower unit.4 [transitive] quote something (at something) (finance) to give a market price for shares, gold or foreign moneyYesterday the pound was quoted at $1.8285, unchanged from Monday.5 [transitive] quote something (finance) to give the prices for a business company's shares on a stock exchangeSeveral football clubs are now quoted on the Stock Exchange.Idioms
quote (… unquote)
(informal) used to show the beginning (and end) of a word, phrase, etc. that has been said or written by somebody elseIt was quote, ‘the hardest decision of my life’, unquote, and one that he lived to regret.
Usage note: mentionrefer to somebody/something speak cite quoteThese words all mean to write or speak about somebody/something, often in order to give an example or prove something.mention to write or speak about something/somebody, especially without giving much information: Nobody mentioned anything to me about it.refer to somebody/something (rather formal) to mention or speak about somebody/something: I promised not to refer to the matter again.speak to mention or describe somebody/something: Witnesses spoke of a great ball of flame.cite (formal) to mention something as a reason or an example, or in order to support what you are saying: He cited his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown.quote to mention an example of something to support what you are saying: Can you quote me an instance of when this happened?cite or quote?You can cite reasons or examples, but you can only quote examples: He quoted his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown. Cite is a more formal word than quote and is often used in more formal situations, for example in descriptions of legal cases.to mention/refer to/speak of/cite/quote somebody/something as somebody/somethingto mention/refer to/cite/quote a(n) example/instance/case of somethingfrequently/often mentioned/referred to/spoken of/cited/quotedthe example mentioned/referred to/cited/quoted above/earlier/previously