fair

fair: fair adj

1: characterized by honesty and justice: free from self-interest, deception, injustice, or favoritism

a fair and impartial tribunal

2: reasonable as a basis for exchange

a fair wage

a fair valuation

3: consistent with merit or importance

fair and just compensation for the injuries

4: conforming with established laws or standards: being in accordance with a person's rights under the law

fair judicial process

fair·ly adv

fair·ness n

fair: I (just) adjective aequus, affording no undue advantage, appropriate, balanced, deserved, detached, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, fitting, honest, honorable, impartial, merited, objective, scrupulous, sporting, sportsmanlike, square, suitable, unbiased, uncolored, uncorrupted, uninfluenced, unprejudiced, unswayed, upright associated concepts: fair and impartial trial, fair hearing, fair on its face, fair preponderance of evidence, fair representation, fair trade, fair trial, fair wages II (satisfactory) adjective acceptable, adequate, bearable, decent, good enough, mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, moderately good, passable, reasonable, reasonably good, respectable, secundus, sufficient, suitable, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable associated concepts: fair aggregate value, fair and equitable value, fair and reasonable compensation, fair and reasonable market value, fair and reasonable value, fair cash value, fair consideration, fair equivalent, fair market value, fair preponderance, fair return on investment, fair use, fair valuation, fair value III index adequate, attractive, average (standard), clean, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, high-minded, honest, impartial, imperfect, judicial, juridical, just, marginal, market (business), mediocre, neutral, nonpartisan, objective, open-minded, passable, right (correct), rightful, scrupulous, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright

fair: adj.
Impartial and just; according to stated rules and standards.

fair: adj. Neutral; balanced; just; reasonable.

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Spotless, unspotted, untarnished, unblemished, unstained / Tolerable, passable, pretty good, more than middling, above mediocrity / White, light, blond / Handsome, comely, cloudless / Pleasant, clear, cloudless, unclouded / Favorable, prosperous / Promising, hopeful / Open, distinct, plain, unobstructed, unencumbered / Frank, honest, candid, ingenuous, just, honorable, upright, impartial, unbiassed / Reasonable, proper, equitable, just

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Fair — (f[^a]r), a. [Compar. {Fairer}; superl. {Fairest}.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f[ae]ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Icel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f[ u]gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fair — fair1 [fer] adj. [ME < OE fæger, akin to FAIN, Goth fagrs, apt, fit < IE base * pek , to be content, make (something) pretty > Lith púošiu, to ornament] 1. attractive; beautiful; lovely 2. unblemished; clean [a fair name] 3. [< notion … English World dictionary
fair — Ⅰ. fair [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) just or appropriate in the circumstances. 2) treating people equally. 3) considerable in size or amount. 4) moderately good. 5) (of hair or complexion) light; blonde. 6) (of weather) f … English terms dictionary
fair do's — /dooz/ (pl of ↑do; informal) An expression appealing for, or agreeing to, fair play, strict honesty, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑fair * * * fair do’s british spoken phrase used for drawing attention to something good about someone although you are… … Useful english dictionary
fair — adj 1 comely, lovely, *beautiful, pretty, bonny, handsome, beauteous, pulchritudinous, good looking Analogous words: delicate, dainty, exquisite (see CHOICE): charming, attractive, enchanting (see under ATTRACT): pure, *chaste Antonyms: foul: ill … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Fair — steht für: einen Ausdruck im Sinne von „gerecht“ in den Bereichen Sport, Recht und Informatik: siehe Fairness als Abkürzung FAIR „Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research“, siehe GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Fairness Accuracy in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fair — Fair, n. [OE. feire, OF. feire, F. foire, fr. L. fariae, pl., days of rest, holidays, festivals, akin to festus festal. See {Feast}.] 1. A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fair Em — Fair Em, the Miller s Daughter of Manchester, is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy written c. 1590. It was bound together with Mucedorus and The Merry Devil of Edmonton in a volume labelled Shakespeare. Vol. I in the library of Charles II… … Wikipedia
fair — fair, fairly adverbs. Fair is used in its ordinary meaning ‘in a fair manner’ in several fixed expressions, e.g. to bid fair, to play fair, fair between the eyes. In dialect use and in some non British varieties it is used to mean ‘completely,… … Modern English usage
fair — [adj1] impartial, unprejudiced aboveboard, benevolent, blameless, candid, civil, clean, courteous, decent, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, even handed, frank, generous, good, honest, honorable, impartial, just, lawful, legitimate … New thesaurus

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