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That must be fun if you want a quantity of "Number 4 pan-head screws" - you'd have to write
4 No. No. 4 pan-head
It's just occurred to me that a related usage might be the British "one-off" for something that happens only once
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Phil, I just checked your bio. No wonder--you're a
Brit-speaker. We wouldn't write 4 No. No. 4 pan-head,
just 4 No. 4's., or maybe 4 # 4's.
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the British "one-off" for something that happens only once
Yes, Phil; I have heard, "one-off" as engineering-speak for a prototype or a single order, as opposed to production line-style of multiple production.
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>>The other (and increaingly popular) way of differentiating in this way is to use "No.", as in "4
No. 30mm x 1550mm strips"
>4 No. No. 4 pan-head
well, I'd write: 4 ea. no. 4 pan-head [which leads to the "4 @ #4" thread(s)]
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... just collectively demonstrating what we have all started to suspect: there are a lot of loose screws at AWAD! 
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I submitted this question to another board which has a registered auctioneer. Haven't gotten an answer from him yet but my memory was tickled and I like the You can buy just one hypothesis. I would expand it to be you can buy one or more and the rest will go to anybody else wants to pay the same price.
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