"print run" meaning in English

See print run in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: print runs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} print run (plural print runs)
  1. The total number of copies (of a book edition) printed as one batch on the printing press (that is, from one setup on the press). Synonyms: printing Translations (Translations): painosmäärä (Finnish), nakład [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-print_run-en-noun-84tdFkKS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Wikipedia with redundant first parameter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Wikipedia with redundant first parameter: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 64 36
  2. The total number of copies (of a book edition or a newspaper edition) ever printed.
    Sense id: en-print_run-en-noun-vZSEfx7y

Inflected forms

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