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Short for fixed price quotation.
A (usually written and time limited) fixed price offer to supply goods and/or services. In response to a consumer request.
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A (usually written and time limited) fixed price offer to supply goods and/or services. In response to a consumer request.
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Estimate.
Jane was instructed to get three quotations for the drainage project before appointing a contractor to the job.
by Master Electrician January 12, 2007
Get the Quotation mug.Adjective. Used to describe a piece of writing that is comprised mostly of quotations from other sources. Common in high school and undergraduate writing.
In conversation:
TA 1: Did you finish grading that paper?
TA 2: Yeah. It was OK, but quotatious as hell.
TA 1: I hate that.
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While "we can only know so much about this topic," (Source 1), it is vital that we remember "the importance of quoting quotes" (Source 2). Additionally, "quotes are of vital importance," (Source 3) and make up "a large part of our language" (Source 4). In conclusion, this is "an easy way to write papers" (Source 5); furthermore, it "facilitates laziness" (Source 6), "pads paper length" (Source 7), and allows the author to "appear intelligent and well-read" (Source 8).
TA 1: Did you finish grading that paper?
TA 2: Yeah. It was OK, but quotatious as hell.
TA 1: I hate that.
In action:
While "we can only know so much about this topic," (Source 1), it is vital that we remember "the importance of quoting quotes" (Source 2). Additionally, "quotes are of vital importance," (Source 3) and make up "a large part of our language" (Source 4). In conclusion, this is "an easy way to write papers" (Source 5); furthermore, it "facilitates laziness" (Source 6), "pads paper length" (Source 7), and allows the author to "appear intelligent and well-read" (Source 8).
by Eli949 May 5, 2011
Get the quotatious mug.Adj., a quality of being without an imposed minimum or maximum, as in something that has a measurement scale which cannot be defined or quantified, even by a wise visionary with the ability to sell cars to blind men.
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by The Quotato July 23, 2014
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by Stephen November 6, 2004
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