ream
noun/riːm/
/riːm/
- reams[plural] (informal) a large quantity of writing
- She wrote reams in the exam.
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- [countable] (specialist) 500 sheets of paper
Word Originnoun late Middle English: from Old French raime, based on Arabic rizma ‘bundle’.
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