Characteristic of a quotation

plural of quotation

words taken from a book, speech, or other text

plural of indirect quotation

(UK) One of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. The symbol used at the beginning of the quotation ("opening quotation mark") is usually “ ("open inverted commas") or ‘ ("open inverted comma"), and the symbol at the end ("closing quotation mark") is ” ("close inverted commas") or ’ ("close inverted comma").

plural of quotation mark

An utterance that describes what somebody said, but without repeating their exact words. / (numismatics, business) A rate in foreign currency.

A system of quotation in which terminal punctuation marks are enclosed within a quotation only if the sense of the punctuation is part of the original material being quoted.

A dash used to introduce a line of dialogue.

plural of quotation dash