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Definition of: quotation mark
One of the marks placed at the beginning and end of a quoted word or passage. In English usage, one or two inverted commas (‘,“) mark the beginning of a quotation, and, correspondingly, one or two apostrophes (','') the close, the single marks usually being used to set off a quotation within a quotation.
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