a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature, poetry, etc. or what someone else has said

At the beginning of the book there's a quotation from Abraham Lincoln. 本书开篇引用了亚伯拉罕‧林肯的一句话。

the price that a person or company says they will charge to do a piece of work

We decided to go with the lowest quotation. 我们决定接受最低的报价。

the fact that a company's shares are being traded on a particular stock market

Changes in the listing rules have reduced the advantage of obtaining a quotation on this stock market. 股票上市要求的改变使得在这一股票市场上市带来的优势减弱了。