A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it. The article starts with a quote from an unnamed member of the Cabinet. = quotation
You can say `quote' to show that you are about to quote someone's words. He predicts they will have, quote, `an awful lot of explaining to do'
If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or a for a job that you want them to do. A travel agent quoted her £160 for a flight from Bristol to Palma He quoted a price for the repairs
A quote, or quotation, is the highest bid price and lowest ask price currently available for a security in a given market The difference between the bid and ask is called the price spread BACK TO TOP
This is an amount a service provider estimates to be the cost of providing a service based on the available information
A specific determination of the cost, timing, description and terms associated with a projected good or service to be provided by a supplier to a customer A quote is normally valid for a certain timeframe, or up to a specified quantity limit, and modified based on changes in the item or service configuration
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare
What the stocks current highest bid and lowest offer price are for buying or selling
The highest bid to buy and the lowest offer to sell a security in a given market at a given time If you ask your Financial Advisor for a "quote" on a stock, he or she may come back with something like "45 1/4 to 45 1/2 " This means that $45 25 is the highest price any buyer wanted to pay at the time the quote was given on the floor of the exchange and that $45 50 was the lowest price that any seller would take at the same time
The current "spread" relating the bid and the ask for a security The bid is the highest price at which someone is willing to buy a security The ask is the lowest price at which someone is willing to sell a security