noun In abundance in great style ( Nares) but, perhaps, in separate leaves in flakes or fragments.noun A wrapper or case for loose papers, sheet music, engravings, etc.: as, a music- folio.noun In law, a certain number of words taken as a basis for computing the length of a document.

noun In printing, the number of a page, inserted at top or bottom.noun In bookkeeping, a page of an account-book, or both the right- and left-hand pages numbered with the same figure.noun One of several sizes of paper adapted for folding once into well-proportioned leaves, whether intended for such use or not, distinguished by specific names.noun The size of such a book, etc.: as, an edition of a work in folio.noun A book or other publication, or a blank book, etc., consisting of sheets or of a single sheet folded once.noun A sheet of paper folded once, usually through the shorter diameter, so as to consist of two equal leaves.In law-copying, to mark with its proper figure the end of every folio in in law-printing, to mark with its proper figure the space that should be occupied by a folio in.In printing, to number the pages of, as a book or periodical page paginate.transitive verb To number consecutively the pages or leaves of (a book, for example).noun Law A specific number of words used as a unit for measuring the length of the text of a legal document.noun A leaf of a book numbered only on the front side.

noun A book or manuscript of the largest common size, usually about 38 centimeters (15 inches) in height, consisting of such folded sheets.

noun A large sheet of paper folded once in the middle, making two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

Folio meaning drama