A Quick and Simple Dictionary

folio

1. Noun.  A leaf of a book or manuscript.
2. Noun.  (context, paper) A sheet of paper once folded.
3. Noun.  (context, books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
4. Noun.  (context, printing) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
5. Noun.  A page of a book.
6. Noun.  (accounting) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
7. Noun.  (legal, dated) 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.