English Dictionary

quire

/ˈkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/

noun

One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.

I need to buy a quire of paper for my project.

意味（1）

One-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.

Under the year 1533 we are told that the ream contained twenty quires.

意味（2）

(bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.

意味（3）

A book, poem, or pamphlet.