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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
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