quire

¹quire

noun \ˈkwī(-ə)r\

Definition of QUIRE

: a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality : one twentieth of a ream

Origin of QUIRE

Middle English quair four sheets of paper folded once, collection of sheets, from Anglo-French quaier, from Vulgar Latin *quaternum set of four, from Latin quaterni four each, set of four — more at quaternion

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Paper Terms

folio, palimpsest, ream