Main Entry:

¹quire

Pronunciation:

\ˈkwī(-ə)r\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

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

Date:

15th century

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