0 treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:
a fair trial
Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair!
It's not fair on Joe (= it is not right) to make him do all the work!
It's not fair that she's allowed to go and I'm not!
It's not fair to blame me for everything!
She's scrupulously fair with all her employees (= she treats them all equally).
UK She claims her article was a fair comment on (= a reasonable thing to say about) a matter of public interest.
He offered to do all the cleaning if I did all the cooking, which seemed like a fair (= reasonable) deal.
All the workers want is a fair wage for the work that they do.
It was a fair fight.
I think it's only fair to tell you that we have had over 300 applications for this job.
I think it's fair to say (that) you've done less of the work than I have.
He's done the job badly but, to be fair, I gave him very little time to do it.
"I'm just annoyed with him because he's behaved so badly." "Fair enough."
Come on, it's my turn. Fair's fair!
4 (of an idea, guess, or chance) good, but not excellent:
I think I've got a fair idea of (= I understand reasonably well) what you want.
She's got a fair chance of winning (= there is a reasonable chance that she will win).
6 (of a woman) beautiful:
a fair maiden
7 a large public event where goods are bought and sold, usually from tables that have been specially arranged for the event, and where there is often entertainment:
8 treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:
10 large or great in comparison:
12 (of weather) pleasant and dry
14 a public event, usually held outside, where goods and sometimes farm animals are shown and sold and where there is often food and entertainment
15 treating people equally and in a way that is right and reasonable:
16 a fair price, wage, rent, etc. is not too high or too low:
17 a large event at which manufacturers, business people, and individuals advertise and sometimes sell their products and services:
The Battersea Contemporary Art Fair is one of the largest in the UK.
A fair justice system is a fundamental part of a civilized society.
They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham.
This job has more than its fair share of frustrations.
Being "fair" was feasible for such owners if the universal enforcement of the union contract protected them from non-union competition.
Intermediate floors are assumed to be the wide fair-faced slabs so common there, and internal wall or ceiling linings of timber are encouraged.
To be fair, the book is explicitly an institutional history, and as such has no obligation to engage large historiographical themes.
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