folio Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the system of numbering pages
pagination; paging; page number.
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noun a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
leaf.
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noun a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
- the first folio of Shakespeare's plays
WordNet
Fol"io noun
Etymology
Ablative of L.Wordforms
Definitions
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A leaf of a book or manuscript. -
A sheet of paper once folded. -
A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper . -
(Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand. -
A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. -
(Law) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words .