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Meaning:

Noun:

  • accounting a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  • A leaf of a book or manuscript.
  • A page of a book.
  • books A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
  • paper A sheet of paper once folded.
  • printing The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
  • dated|19th century|early|20th century 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.

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