page

▪ I. page page ¹ [peɪdʒ] written abbreviation p. noun

1. [countable] one side of a piece of paper in a book, newspaper, document etc, or the sheet of paper itself:

• The sales figures are on page 15 of the report.

2. ad/​advertising pages [plural] MARKETING the pages in magazines, newspapers etc that are used to advertise goods and services:

• Fortune magazine will show a 13% increase in ad pages for the first quarter.

3. business/​sports etc pages [plural] the pages in magazines, newspapers etc that deal with business, sport etc:

• The format could make 'The Wall Street Journal''s financial-markets pages easier to read.

4. front page the first page at the front of a newspaper, where the most important news is:

• The newspaper carried the item on its front page.

• Mr. Guerin was profiled ina front-page story in the 'FT'.

5. [countable] COMPUTING a piece of writing or pictures on a computer screen that will fill one side of a piece of paper when printed:

• Print Preview displays the layout of the pages you are about to print.

6. [countable] COMPUTING part of a website which you can see on a computer screen at any one time:

• A hit counter measures and displays the number of times visitors have viewed a single page on a website.

7. [countable] a message that you receive on a pager — see also full-page, White Pages, Yellow Pages

  [m0] ▪ II. page page ² verb [transitive]

1. _{\ \ \OBED has the phrasal verb: page through something, but this does not seem especially businessy so has not been added. \\} to contact someone, using a pager:

• The customer is paged automatically every time a new fax or email arrives.

2. to call someone's name out in a public place, especially using a Loudspeaker, in order to find them:

• You could try paging him over the public address system.

— paging noun [uncountable] :

• Mtel will introduce nationwide paging.

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page UK US /peɪdʒ/ noun [C]

► (ABBREVIATION p) a side of one of the pieces of paper in a book, newspaper, or magazine, usually with a number printed on it: »

Open your book and look at page nine.

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Even the major newspapers let important news slip off the front page.

► [often plural] one of the sheets of paper in a book, newspaper, or magazine: »

A page had been ripped out of the magazine.

in the pages of sth »

There were several interesting articles to be found in the pages of the Wall Street Journal today.

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the financial/sports/news pages

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the business/culture/advertising pages

► (also web page) INTERNET one part of a website: »

Your page on the social networking site enables you to share your business profile.

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We added a jobs page to the website.

→ Compare HOME PAGE(Cf. ↑home page)

► IT the text of an electronic document that you can see on a computer screen: »

You have to scroll down the page to find the information you're looking for.

► COMMUNICATIONS a message received on a pager (= a small piece of electronic equipment that moves or makes a noise to tell you to phone someone): send a page to sb »

I asked the nurse to send a page to the doctor.

● be on the same page — Cf. be on the same page

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page UK US /peɪdʒ/ verb [T] COMMUNICATIONS

► to call a person using a loudspeaker in a public place: »

He was paged at the airport and told to return home immediately.

► to send a message to someone's pager : »

As soon as you're finished with the download, page me.