ream
Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in generalCream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
» The company scooped up reams of personal data.
Die Firma hat in Hülle und Fülle persönliche Daten gesammelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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3 senses(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
(broadly, figuratively, in the plural)An extremely large quantity of documents, data, or information that supports a claim, investigation, or case.
The accountants requested reams of financial records.
Ries
a large quantity of written matter
(broadly, in the plural)An abstract large amount of something.
I can't go – I still have reams of work left.
Menge
Examples
3 sentencesThe company scooped up reams of personal data.
deDie Firma hat in Hülle und Fülle persönliche Daten gesammelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You have to click through reams of legal boilerplate to sign up for any web site, these days.
She got us exactly one ream of printer paper, which in our office will last about five hours.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rem, reme, from Old English rēam (“cream”), from Proto-West Germanic *From Middle English rem, reme, from Old English rēam (“cream”), from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰmn̥ (“to sour [milk]”).
From Middle English reme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”) (French rame), from Catalan raima (“ream”), from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, “bundle”).
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