Folio

Definition:

  • (n.) A leaf of a book or manuscript.
  • (n.) A sheet of paper once folded.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
  • (n.) A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  • (n.) 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.

Compare folio with other words:

folio vs. olio

account vs. folio

folio vs. odd

even vs. folio

fold vs. folio

folio vs. paper

folio vs. sheet

folio vs. manuscript

book vs. folio

folio vs. leaf

folio vs. page