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underquotation

underquotation noun: insufficient quotation.

Noun

underquotation (countable and uncountable, plural underquotations)

  1. insufficient 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

Forms of underquotation

pluralunderquotations

Origin of underquotation

From under- + quotation.

Questions about underquotation

What does underquotation mean?
Underquotation means insufficient quotation.
What part of speech is underquotation?
Underquotation is a noun.
What is the plural of underquotation?
The plural of underquotation is underquotations.

Words near underquotation in the dictionary

  1. underputting
  2. underqualification
  3. underqualified
  4. underqueen
  5. underqueens
  6. underquotation
  7. underquotations
  8. underquote
  9. underquoted
  10. underquotes
  11. underquoting

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