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