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Word

quot

Definition

n. a short way of writing the word 'quotation' or the symbol for quotation marks. It is mostly used in computer code or when talking about prices on a stock market.

n. a truncated form of 'quotation', referring either to the punctuation marks used to attribute speech or to a formal statement of a market price.

Examples

“The programmer used the quot code to display the text correctly.”

“In HTML, the entity " is used to represent a double quotation mark within a string of text.”

“The financial analyst requested a fresh quot for the commodity before finalizing the trade, noting that the previous figure had already expired in the volatile morning session.”

Examples

simple

“The programmer used the quot code to display the text correctly.”

contextual

“In HTML, the entity " is used to represent a double quotation mark within a string of text.”

complex

“The financial analyst requested a fresh quot for the commodity before finalizing the trade, noting that the previous figure had already expired in the volatile morning session.”

Usage

Primarily used as a technical abbreviation in computing (HTML entities) or as jargon in financial trading contexts.

Real-World Examples

Common in culture writing

“Other incidents have involved looting, including the theft of equipment, sheep, and crops,” Khdour was quoted as saying on the ACLED website in May.”
Al Jazeera · 14 Aug 2026
“Between $30bn (£22bn) and roughly $300bn in goods have been moved from countries with higher tariffs through those with lower rates, according to government and private sector estimates quoted by the White House.”
BBC News · 14 Aug 2026
“It's to do with long-term decline and neglect." At the time a Reform spokesman was quoted as saying: "This is not a matter of ethnicity.”
BBC News · 7 Jun 2026

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