Print run
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper wordnet
- 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."
Example
More examples"If the first print run sells out, a second print run will be ordered. Some books even have dozens of print runs."