Phrase Hound found 161 phrases and 107 compound words that contain fair. The most common are listed below. Open fair in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 161
- fair valueA rational, unbiased estimate of the potential market price of goods, services, or assets, taking into account both objective factors (such as production and distributions costs) and subjective factors (such as risks and supply vs. demand).
- fair useA doctrine in intellectual property law that permits one party to make use of another party's protected intellectual property (such as a copyright or trademark) under narrowly defined circumstances.
- fair playGood behavior; conduct (in sports or another endeavor) that is respectful of the rules, the spirit of the activity, and the adversary.
- trade fairAn exhibition at which members of a specific industry exhibit or demonstrate their products to prospective customers and to each other.
- fair tradeUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fair, trade.
- fair shareAn equitable or reasonable portion, especially in regards to contributions towards a particular duty, or the dividends thereof.
- fair enoughAn expression used to concede a point, but suggesting that the broader argument is incorrect.
- fair gameActions permissible by the rules.
- fair trialA civil or criminal trial that is held in accordance with the laws of the country. In the United States, this includes the right to consult with a lawyer and be judged by a competent, independent and impartial jury and judge.
- job fairAn event organised for employers, recruiters and schools to meet with prospective jobseekers.
- book fairA public event at which books are sold, often featuring appearances by authors.
- fair and squareTotally fairly and undoubtedly.
- science fairA competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations.
- play fairTo behave equitably and honestly.
- fair copyA handwritten document that has been written neatly and correctly without scratch-outs and revisions.
- fair market valueThe price at which the buyer and seller are willing to do business.
- Fair price
- Fair prices
- fair dealinga rule of intellectual property law, such as in the United Kingdom and various Commonwealth countries, that permits one party to make use of another party's copyright-protected work under narrowly defined circumstances.
- fair goUsed in protest to implore or demand that someone act with more fairness or reason, or desist in something considered outrageous.
- fair-weather friendOne who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so.
- fair-weatherSuitable for use only during fair weather.
- state fairAn annual competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. state's population, usually held in late summer or early fall.
- set-fairIn plastering, a particularly good trowelled surface.
- Fair HeadSynonym of Benmore: A ghost town in Tooele County, Utah.
Compound words 107
- fairlyIn a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
- fairnessThe property of being fair or equitable.
- unfairNot fair.
- fairwayThe area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
- FairbanksA habitational surname. An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places named "fair bank" etc.
- FairfieldA number of places in Australia:
- MayfairAn annual two-week-long fair that took place in central London between 1686 and 1764.
- fairgroundsAlternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fairgroundAn area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
- FairhavenA coastal suburb of Lytham St Annes, Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3427).