See Also: size(4)(dictionary)
Size(finance)
Size(medicine)
size(1)(dictionary)
Size(money)
size(3)(dictionary)
size(2)(dictionary)
size perception(medicine)
sample size(medicine)
litter size(medicine)

size(1) (iou)



size noun1. ME.
[Old French (also sise) aphet. from assise ASSIZE, or aphet. from the English word.]
I.
= ASSIZE noun 3, 5. Formerly also (Scot.), a jury. Now dial. ME.
An ordinance fixing the amount of a payment or tax. ME-L18.
A (proper) manner or method; a custom; a standard. ME-L16.
= ASSIZE noun 2b. L15-L17.
A quantity or portion of bread, beer, etc.; spec. (Univ. slang) a particular quantity of bread, beer, etc. M16-E19.
II.
The relative bigness or extent of a thing or person; the dimensions of a thing or person; spec. large dimensions, magnitude. ME.
E. Simon Stop bullying me...Choose someone your own size. E. Young-Bruehl At five feet three inches she was not formidable in size. G. Daly Gabriel poured himself into decorating his new home, an enormous undertaking because of its size.
b. Suitable or normal dimensions. rare exc. in cut down to size (colloq.), expose the limitations of a person's importance, knowledge, etc. M19.
c. Consistency of a liquid mixture. M19.
Any of the (usu. numbered) classes into which things (esp. garments) otherwise similar are divided according to size; a person's size as corresponding to such a numbered class. L16.
A. Bleasdale A pair of trousers several..sizes too big for him. D. Leavitt His feet looked about size thirteen.
Phrases: CRITICAL size. in all shapes and sizes: see SHAPE noun1. of a size having the same size or dimensions. of some size quite large. the size of as big as (that's about the size of it, that's the size of it, that is what it amounts to, that is a true account of the matter). try for size, try on for size test (a thing) to determine whether it fits (lit. & fig.). what size? how big?
Comb.: size-bone Nautical a whalebone measuring six feet or above; size distribution the way in which size varies among members of a population of particles; size-stick a shoemaker's measure for determining the length and width of a person's foot.
sizeless adjective L19.