| fair ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
| fair catch | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled |
| carnival fair funfair | a traveling show, having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. |
| fair trade | trade that is conducted legally |
| fair trade | trade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producers, often with other social and environmental considerations |
bazaar
fair | a sale of miscellany, often for charity, the church bazaar |
book fair
bookfair | bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause |
| craft fair | a fair at which objects made by craftsmen are offered for sale |
| fair hearing | a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits) |
| vanity fair | a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities |
fair chance
sporting chance | a reasonable probability of success |
| fair use | the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties |
fairness
fair-mindedness
candor
candour | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty |
| fair copy | a clean copy of a corrected draft |
| fair-trade agreement | an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer |
| fair-trade act | formerly a state law that protected manufacturers from priceutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandise, eliminated by the United States Congress in |
fair deal
square deal | fair treatment |
| fair | a competitive exhibition of farm products, she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair |
book fair
bookfair | fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books |
| fair | gathering of producers to promote business, world fair, trade fair, book fair |
womanhood
woman
fair sex | women as a class, it's an insult to American womanhood, woman is the glory of creation, the fair sex gathered on the veranda |
prey
quarry
target
fair game | a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence, he fell prey to muggers, everyone was fair game, the target of a manhunt |
fair weather
sunshine temperateness | moderate weather, suitable for outdoor activities |
meadow saxifrage
fair-maids-of-France
Saxifraga granulata | rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers, Europe |
| fair | join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly |
bonny
bonnie
comely
fair
sightly | very pleasing to the eye, my bonny lass, there's a bonny bay beyond, a comely face, young fair maidens |
fair
fairish | (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored, a fair complexion, |
| fair | free of clouds or rain, today will be fair and warm |
| fair | (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines, he hit a fair ball over the third base bag |
| fair just | free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, conforming with established standards or rules, a fair referee, fair deal, on a fair footing, a fair fight, by fair means or foul |
| fair-minded | of a person, just and impartial, not prejudiced |
| fair-and-square | just and honest |
honest
fair | gained or earned without cheating or stealing, an honest wage, an fair penny |
clean
fair | (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections, fair copy, a clean manuscript |
blue-eyed(a)
fair-haired(a)
white-haired(a) | favorite, the fair-haired boy of the literary set |
| fair(a) | attractively feminine, the fair sex |
fair
fairish
reasonable | not excessive or extreme, a fairish income, reasonable prices |
average
fair
mediocre
middling | lacking exceptional quality or ability, a novel of average merit, only a fair performance of the sonata, in fair health, the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average, the performance was middling at best |
adequate
passable
fair to middling
tolerable | about average, acceptable, more than adequate as a secretary |
fairly
fair
evenhandedly | without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner, deal fairly with one another |
| fairly fair clean | in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating, they played fairly |