quotation-n; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: excerpts or passages of works restated verbatim

Commentary: Quotation[+entity][+artifact][+document][+passage][+selection]

Examples:
He read a great quotation from Mark Twain.
Her grandfather often gave quotations from the Old Testament.
Here is a direct quotation from the article.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 2: citation or reference to a selected excerpt of a work

Commentary: QUOTATION[+entity][+symbolic][+notation][+citation]
NOTE: notation used to indicate references to source material

Examples:
The quotations listed for these studies were not accurate or complete.
Use quotation marks to indicate when a character is speaking in a novel.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: a statement of the current price of a stock or other financial instrument

Commentary: QUOTATION[+entity][+symbolic][+statement][+formal][+price][+current] [+quantity][+sum][+money][+price][+current]

Examples:
This web site gives stock quotations with a 15-minute delay.
John scanned the quotations for various currencies in the business section of the paper.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: a formal statement of cost estimate, e.g., contractor

Commentary: QUOTATION[+entity][+symbolic][+statement][+formal][+price][+estimated] [+quantity][+sum][+money][+price][+estimated]

Examples:
The contractor said he will give us a quotation tomorrow.
We chose the painting company that gave us the next-to-lowest quotation for painting our house.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 5: the act of referencing or citing something/someone

Commentary: QUOTATION[+action][+communication][+referencing][+source]
NOTE: refers to a speaker's act of quoting, rather than the excerpt itself (Sense 1)

Examples:
There was much quotation of Darwin during their debate.
Bob often resorts to quotation rather than offering his own original thoughts.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4