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press⋅run

  [pres-ruhn]
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–noun
1. the running of a printing press for a specific job: The pressrun will take about an hour.
2. the quantity that is run: a pressrun of more than 5000.
Also called run.

Origin:
1955–60; press 1 + run
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press run or press·run   (prěs'rŭn')
n.  

  1. Continuous operation of a printing press for a specific job.

  2. The number of copies printed in one such continuous operation.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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