printing

[prin-ting]

noun

1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.

2. the act of a person or thing that prints.

3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form.

4. printed material.

5. the total number of copies of a book or other publication printed at one time.

   The book had a first printing of 10,000.

6. writing in which the letters resemble printed ones.

printing

/ ˈprɪntɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the process, business, or art of producing printed matter

   2. ( as modifier )

      printing ink

2. printed text

3. Also called: impression. all the copies of a book or other publication printed at one time

4. a form of writing in which letters resemble printed letters

Other Word Forms

• nonprinting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of printing¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; print, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Money printing was popular; new energy taxes weren’t.

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Years of high public spending, and a reliance on printing more money and borrowing to cover deficits, had left the country in a cycle of debts and inflation.

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That is the polite term for the central bank’s massive purchase of bonds, the modern method of printing money.

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Vat photopolymerization is a type of 3D printing that involves pouring a light-reactive liquid resin into a container and then solidifying specific areas with a laser or ultraviolet light to create a shape.

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It used telegraph lines to report transactions in almost real time, printing them out on rolls of tape in abbreviations that insiders could interpret.

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Related Words

• copy 
• distribution 
• issuance