indirect quotation
noun1
An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim.
- She relayed his words as an indirect quotation: she said, "He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken."
- He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken; there are no quote marks in this sentence because it contains an indirect quotation.
2
Business, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Numismatics A rate in foreign currency.