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folio
[foh-lee-oh]
noun
plural
foliosa sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
a volume having pages of the largest size, formerly made from such a sheet.
a leaf of a manuscript or book numbered only on the front side.
a case that, when closed, covers and protects both the screen and the back panel of a mobile device, as a tablet or smartphone.
Printing.
(in a book) the number of each page.
(in a newspaper) the number of each page together with the date and the name of the newspaper.
Bookkeeping., a page of an account book or a left-hand page and a right-hand page facing each other and having the same serial number.
Law., a certain number of words, in the U.S. generally 100, taken as a unit for computing the length of a document.
adjective
pertaining to or having the format of a folio.
a folio volume.
verb (used with object)
to number each leaf or page of.
Law., to mark each folio in (a pleading or the like) with the proper number.
folio
/ ˈfəʊlɪəʊ /
noun
a sheet of paper folded in half to make two leaves for a book or manuscript
a book or manuscript of the largest common size made up of such sheets
a leaf of paper or parchment numbered on the front side only
a page number in a book
law a unit of measurement of the length of legal documents, determined by the number of words, generally 72 or 90 in Britain and 100 in the US
a collection of related material
adjective
relating to or having the format of a folio
a folio edition
verb
(tr) to number the leaves of (a book) consecutively
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of folio1
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