Definitions
1.verbTo repeat the exact words of (a person)."The writer quoted the president."
2.verbTo repeat (the exact words of a person)."The writer quoted the president's speech."
3.verbTo prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
4.verb(Commerce) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
5.verbTo indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
6.verbTo observe, to take account of.