Entry Word: volume

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a considerable amount <we can only make money if we sell our goods in volume> — see lot 2
2 a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter <produces great volumes of work each day> — see amount
3 a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction <reissued the trilogy in a single volume> — see book 1