the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe"
In glassworking, the name applied to several glutinous materials, such as glue and resin, used to affix color or gold leaf
The size of something is the fact that it is very large. He knows the size of the task Jack walked around the hotel and was mesmerized by its sheer size
make to a size; bring to a suitable size sort according to size cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for ascertaining the size of pearls
To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature
Number of shares represented by the highest bid and the lowest offer at any given time in the trading of a security For example: The market for XYZ Corp is currently quoted as 1,000 shares bid at 56 ¼ and 500 shares offered at 56 ½, thus the size of the market is expressed as 1000 by 500 shares Investors often view this as a measure of short-term interest by buyers and sellers In this example, the assumption is there are more buyers than sellers of XYZ at current prices (1000 shares bid vs 500 asked) and thus the price of XYZ should increase to reflect this imbalance