From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin quotesin quotesSLAwords that are in quotes are written with quotation marks around them to show that someone said those words → quote
Examples from the Corpus
in quotes• I will use the term stage where it appears in quotes, but beyond this section I will use the term level.• I put this description in quotes because it is an informal garden, discreetly signposted.• You only need to enclose the parameters in the batch file in quotes where there are spaces in the parameter. 