The Collaborative International Dictionary
Folio \Fol"io\, n.; pl. Folios. [Ablative of L. folium leaf. See 4th Foil.]
A leaf of a book or manuscript.
A sheet of paper once folded.
A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper.
(Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
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(Law) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
Folio post, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.
Wiktionary
n. (context paper English) A flat sheet of writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.