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Malay to English translations [PRO] Printing & Publishing | |||||||
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4 | quire (1/20th of a ream of paper OR 25 sheets) |
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quire (1/20th of a ream of paper OR 25 sheets) Explanation: refs: - Kamus Perwira *kuras = nama. helaian kertas untuk percetakan; quire (en) - KIMD *quire (kwir) noun. Abbr. q., qr. a set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream; koyar. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs 0 min (2005-07-01 19:21:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- atikah, - pls see CONNOTATION of Wiki definition below. from it one can deduce that \"quire\" is not only used to indicate exactly 1/20 or 24-25 sheets. a bunch of similar type and size paper is also referred to as a quire. - from Wikipedia; search: paper, quire [BOLD mine, for emphasis] * quire — a measure of paper. A quire is a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality. It might also be thought of as 1/20 of a ream. However, the CONNOTATION is A SMALL COLLECTION OF SHEETS OF PAPER of the SAME SIZE and the SAME QUALITY. |
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