quotation

Noun

• the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
  • since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation
    

• a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

• a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
  • the student's essay failed to list several important citations
    
  • the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
    
  • the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  quote , citation , cite , acknowledgment , credit , reference , mention