Print run

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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).

    "If the first print run sells out, a second print run will be ordered. Some books even have dozens of print runs."

  2. 2
    the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper wordnet
  3. 3
    The total number of copies (of a book edition or a newspaper edition) ever printed.

    "The first edition had a print run of 1000 copies and sold for 36 shillings."

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"If the first print run sells out, a second print run will be ordered. Some books even have dozens of print runs."