underquotation

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noun

insufficient quotation

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Meanings

noununderquotation (countable and uncountable, plural underquotations)

plural underquotations

  1. countableuncountableinsufficient quotation

    Unscrupulous members offered special discounts, illegal rebates, and unauthorized underquotations to outflank their conference partners, and blamed their agents or 'invented' competition to justify these tactics.

    1977, Desmond Christopher Martin Platt, Business Imperialism, 1840-1930, page 148

Origin

From under- + quotation.

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APA

underquotation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underquotation

MLA

“underquotation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underquotation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underquotation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underquotation.

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