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1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper; a twentieth of a ream 2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)
a. four sheets of paper folded once to form a section of 16 pages b. a section or gathering 3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a set of all the sheets in a book
[C15 quayer, from Old French quaier, from Latin quaternī four at a time, from quater four times] (source)
- Writing paper measurements
- 25 sheets = 1 quire
- 500 sheets = 20 quires = 1 ream
- 1,000 sheets = 40 quires = 2 reams = 1 bundle
- 5,000 sheets = 200 quires = 10 reams = 5 bundles = 1 bale
- 'Short' paper measurements[1]
- 24 sheets = 1 'short' quire
- 480 sheets = 20 'short' quires = 1 'short' ream
- 960 sheets = 40 'short' quires = 2 'short' reams = 1 'short' bundle
- 4,800 sheets = 200 'short' quires = 10 'short' reams = 5 'short' bundles = 1 'short' bale
- Posters and printing measurements
- 516 sheets (= 21½ 'short' quires) = 1 printer's ream
- 1,032 sheets = 2 printer's reams = 1 printer's bundle
- 5,070 sheets = 5 printer's bundles = 1 printer's bale
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