printing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   all the copies of a work printed at one time

   they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies

2. 2
   noun

   The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

   In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.

3. 3
   noun

   Synonym of printed matter.

   They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.

4. 4
   noun

   Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).

   She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.

5. 5
   noun

   Handwritten characters that are not joined up.

   The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster.

6. 6
   noun

   the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

7. 7
   noun

   text handwritten in the style of printed matter

8. 8
   noun

   reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

Etymology

By surface analysis, print + -ing.