Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - volume

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~n roll, scroll, from volvere to roll  Date: 14th century  1.  a. a series of printed sheets bound typically in book form ; book  b. a series of issues of a periodical  c. album 1c  2. scroll 1a  3. the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object as measured in cubic units (as quarts or liters) ; cubic capacity — see metric system table, weight table  4.  a.  (1) amount; also bulk, mass  (2) a considerable quantity  b. the amount of a substance occupying a particular ~  c. mass or the representation of mass in art or architecture  5. the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound; also loudness  Synonyms: see bulk  • ~d adjective  II. verb  (~d; voluming)  Date: 1815  transitive verb to send or give out in ~  intransitive verb to roll or rise in ~  III. adjective  Date: circa 1945 involving large quantities offered ~ discounts