Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUO-TA'TION, n. [from quote.]

1. The act of quoting or citing.
2. The passage quoted or cited; the part of a book or writing named, repeated or adduced as evidence or illustration. – Locke.
3. In mercantile language, the naming of the price of commodities; or the price specified to a correspondent.
4. Quota; share. [Not used.]