size

size n

OFr < “assize” 'act of sitting, settling, appointments, regulations' > “excise” 'measurement'.

1. The dimensions of something.
2. Bigness, the quality of being big.
3. [Fig.] importance.
4. Smaller size refers to human life as opposed to the life of the natural world.
5. [Fig.] weight.
6. [Fig.] value.