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  • 111fair play — Equity, justice and decency in dealings with another. See equity …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 112fair play — Equity, justice and decency in dealings with another. See equity …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 113fair-play men — A court which was held in Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 114play the game — PLAY FAIR, be fair, play by the rules, conform, be a good sport, toe the line. → play * * * phrasal : to act according to some code or set of standards : play fair or honorably wasn t playing the game in giving publicity to this confidential… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 115Fair — (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

  • 116Fair ball — Fair 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 117fair hit — Fair 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 118Fair maid — Fair 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 119Fair one — Fair 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 120fair — Adj std. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. fair (play). Zunächst vor allem in der Sprache des Sports verwendet; daneben aber auch als Qualitätsbezeichnung. Abstraktum: Fairneß.    Ebenso nndl. fair, ne. fair, nfrz. fair play, nnorw. fair.… …

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