How to say "quote" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- お見積もりおみつもりnounThe common, polite word for a price quotation — what a seller gives a buyer stating how much goods or work will cost. Use it for business 'quotes', not for quoting text.
- nounA loanword for 'quote'; less common, and seldom the word you want for a price quotation — that is お見積もり's territory. It appears mainly in technical contexts such as computing.
- 見積り価格みつもりかかくnounMeans the estimated price itself — the figure a quotation states — rather than the document or the act of quoting. Less common; use it when you mean the number.
- 見積書みつもりしょnounA written estimate or quotation: the document itself, issued to state estimated prices. Choose this when 'quote' means the paper or file rather than the price figure or the act.
- 引き合いに出すひきあいにだすexpression, godan verb, transitive verbA verb phrase: to cite or refer to something as an example. Its 'quote' sense is quoting an authority or precedent, and it has nothing to do with price quotations.
For price quotations use 「お見積もり」, with 見積書 for the written document and 「見積り価格」 for the price figure; 「クォート」 is a less common loanword, while 「引き合いに出す」 means to cite an example.
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