What does "edition" mean?

A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.

Edition

Common synonyms include: version, ancient greek text, ap physics variants, arrangement, back number, book production.

/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
"She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions."
2
something a little different from others of the same type wordnet
3
The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
"The first edition was soon sold."
4
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published wordnet
5
An instance of the first or second sense.
"What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition."

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6
an issue of a newspaper wordnet
7
A particular instance of an event.
"The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire."
8
all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time wordnet

"Haven't you got a cheaper edition?"

From French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”).