Direct quotation

To cite or represent a phrase or passage, as from a speech or book, also called "quote"; see epigraph, epigram, bite, squib, snippet, call-out, ear, misquotation. Also, the ...

quotation

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The actual price or the bid or ask price of either cash commodities or futures contracts.

quotation

Law; Contracts

1. Contracts: A formal statement of promise (submitted usually in response to a request for quotation) by potential supplier to supply the goods or services required by a buyer, ...

quotation

Financial services; General Finance

Highest bid and lowest offer (asked) price currently available on a security or a commodity.

topic area inventory chart

Language; Public speaking

A means of determining possible speech topics by listing topics you find of interest and subjects your audience finds of interest, and matching them.

informative value

Language; Public speaking

A measure of how much new and important information or understanding a speech conveys to an audience.

brainstorming

Language; Public speaking

A method of generating ideas by free association of words and thoughts.

comparative advantages order

Language; Public speaking

A method of organizing persuasive speeches in which each main point explains why a speaker's solution to a problem is preferable to other proposed solutions.

problem-cause-solution order

Language; Public speaking

A method of organizing persuasive speeches in which the first main point identifies a problem, the second main point analyzes the causes of the problem, and the third main point ...

Monroe's motivated sequence

Language; Public speaking

A method of organizing persuasive speeches that seek immediate action. The five steps of the motivated sequence are attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action.

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Thane

Thane is a city in Maharashtra, India, and the administrative headquarters of Thane district. The first train ever to run in India rolled out from ...