from dictionary.com, the most comprehensive e-dictionary IMO:
quote (Commerce):
a. to state (a price)
b. to state the current price of
from
www.investorwords.com:
quote: The highest bid or lowest ask price available on a security at any given time
from
www.businessdictionary.com:
quotation Definition 1Contracting: 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, at specified prices, and within a specified period. It may also contain terms of sale and payment, and warranties. Acceptance of quotation by the buyer constitutes an agreement binding on both parties.
Definition 2Trading: Bid and asked price cited for the sale or purchase of a commodity or security.