Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quotation \Quo*ta"tion\, n. [From {Quote}.]
   1. The act of quoting or citing.

   2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing
      named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
      --Locke.

Source : WordNet®

quotation
     n 1: 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" [syn: {citation},
           {acknowledgment}, {credit}, {reference}, {mention}]
     2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: {quote},
         {citation}]
     3: a statement of the current market price of a security or
        commodity
     4: the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he
        lacks originality he must rely on quotation"