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FAIRS

"FAIRS" is a plural of: fair.

Date "FAIRS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: FAIRS

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Bible

Fairs (Heb. 'izabhonim), found seven times in Ezek. 27, and nowhere else. The Authorized Version renders the word thus in all these instances, except in verse 33, where "wares" is used. The Revised Version uniformly renders by "wares," which is the correct rendering of the Hebrew word. It never means "fairs" in the modern sense of the word. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FAIRS

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FAIRS

EnglishFair and Impartial Random Selection SystemN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: FAIRS

Synonym: Exhibitions & fairs. (additional references)

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Crosswords: FAIRS

English words defined with "FAIRS": barnstormDryflandfairgroundGrab hagLastage, LeipzigNundinate, NundinationPiccageStallage. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FAIRS": AudleyCOUNTY HOME-DEMONSTRATION AGENTdisplay and banner designer, DISPLAY DESIGNERFIREWORKS DISPLAY SPECIALIST, flag decorator and designer, FOUR-H CLUB AGENTGingerbread Husbandshome agent, home-demonstration agent, home-extension agentJINGLERSOpen Air MissionPie Poudre, PIG RUNNINGsetter-off, setter-up, Statute FairsTO WHIP THE COCK, transient location, Transient Night. (references)
Etymologies containing "FAIRS": Nundinate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: FAIRS

DomainTitle

References

  • A Guide to German Trade Fairs in Germany: A Strategic Entry Report, 1999 (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Bingo Night at the Fire Hall: The Case for Cows, Orchards, Bake Sales, & Fairs [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  • Fair America: World's Fairs in the United States (reference)

  • Janice Vancleave's A+ Projects in Biology: Winning Experiments for Science Fairs and Extra Credit (reference)

  • Manston's Flea Markets of Germany: Antique Fairs and Auctions: Including Where to Find Markets, How to Ship Items, Clear Customs, and Much More) (reference)

  • See for Yourself: More Than 100 Experiments for Science Fairs and Projects (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Bridal Fairs and Beyond! (reference)

  • Secrets to Job Fair Success: How to Use Job Fairs to Find a Great Career (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: FAIRS

Photos:
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Photo Album: FAIRS

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Peter Strasse in Leipzig--a city famous for its great fairs, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress.

County agent. Sublette, Kansas. Talking with farmer at 4-H fair held there. These 4-H fairs have supplanted the county fair in the more stricken sections of the country. The financial requirements of the county fair cannot be met any more by the stricken. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: FAIRS

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

These masters attend the fairs, where I have seen them

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Non-Fiction Usage: FAIRS

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Business

Foreign firms should participate in local trade fairs. (references)

Local publishers and agents in Taiwan are very interested in attending book fairs. (references)

ENIT often coordinates the Italian pavilions in major tourism trade fairs worldwide. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

Trade exhibitions and fairs are limited. (references)

India

CII organizes trade fairs, conferences, and meetings. (references)

Brazil

The city of São Paulo hosts around 300 trade fairs per year. (references)

Indigenous People

Panama

Laws protect intellectual property rights of indigenous artwork and set up regulations for artisan fairs. (references)

Trade

Mauritius

Items for trade fairs may be imported duty-free. (references)

Bolivia

Manufacturers may distribute products through international trade fairs. (references)

Travel

Australia

In most cases, items imported for the sole use of exhibiting at local trade fairs are not subject to import duties. (references)

Switzerland

The trade fairs in Switzerland all have customs offices that can facilitate the payment of fees and clearing of items in an expeditious fashion. (references)

Colombia

Colombian executives and technicians, as well as government officials, travel frequently to the U.S. for meetings, conferences, trade fairs, training and tourism. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: FAIRS

"FAIRS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FAIRS" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%29716,856

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: FAIRS

Expression using "FAIRS": Health Fairs. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "FAIRS": fun-fairs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FAIRS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fairs.co.uk penman

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FAIRS

Language Translations for "FAIRS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

市场 (market, marketplace, Market-place). (various references)

   

Danish

  

messer (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961), kongresser eller lignende arrangementer - Bruxelles 1961 (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

beurzen (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961). (various references)

   

French

  

une foire (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions), un congrès ou une manifestation similaire - Bruxelles 1961 (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions). (various references)

   

German

  

Zolluebereinkommen ueber Erleichterungen fuer die Einfuhr von Waren (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961), Messen (compete, Gage, gauge, measure, measure off, measuring, mete, meter, sound, take, time, to gauge, to measure, to mete), die auf Ausstellungen (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fiera (exhibition, fair, fete), congresso o manifestazione analoga - Bruxelles 1961 (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

박람회 (fairground, fairgrounds). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airsfay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

congressos ou manifestaçoes semelhante s (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961), Bruxelas 1961 (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ferias (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961), congresos o en manifestaciones similares (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961), Bruselas 1961 (Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: FAIRS

LanguageDateSourceEzekiel Chapter 27, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEx oikou qergama ippouV kai ippeiV edwkan agoran sou
Latin405VulgateDe domo Thogorma equos et equites et mulos adduxerunt ad forum tuum
Middle English1395WyclifOf the hous Togorma thei brouyten to thi chepynge horsis, and horsmen, and mulis.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThey of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
Victorian English1833WebsterThey of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
Basic English1964OgdenThe people of Togarmah gave horses and war-horses and transport beasts for your goods.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: FAIRS

LanguageEzekiel Chapter 27, Verse 14
CebuanoSila nga gikan sa balay sa Togarma nakigbugtiay sa imong mga manggad mga kabayo sa mga kabayo sa gubat ug mga mula.
CroatianOni iz Bet Togarme davahu konje, trkaæe konjiæe i mazge.
DanishTogarmas Hus gav dig Køreheste, Rideheste og Muldyr for dine Varer.
DutchUit het huis van Togarma leverden zij paarden, en ruiteren, en muilezels op uw markten.
FinnishToogarman heimo maksoi sinun tavarasi hevosilla, sotaratsuilla ja muuleilla.
FrenchCeux de la maison de Togarma Pourvoyaient tes marchés de chevaux, de cavaliers et de mulets.
GermanDie von Thogarma haben dir Rosse und Wagenpferde und Maulesel auf deine Märkte gebracht.
Haitian CreoleOu fè trafik ak moun Togama. Ou vann yo machandiz pa ou. Pou peye ou, yo ba ou chwal pou travay, chwal pou fè lagè ak milèt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariEngkau menukarkan barang-barangmu dengan kuda kereta, kuda tunggang dan bagal dari Bet-Togarma.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDari Bait-Togarma datanglah kuda penghela dan kuda kendaraan dan bagal akan ditukar dengan daganganmu.
ItalianQuelli di Togarmà ti fornivano in cambio cavalli da tiro, da corsa e muli.
MaoriKo nga tangata o te whare o Tokarama, ko ta ratou i tuku ai i au hokohokonga he hoiho, he hoiho no te whawhai, he muera.
NorwegianTogarma-folket betalte dine varer med vognhester og ridehester og mulesler.
PortugueseOs da casa de Togarma trocavam pelas tuas mercadorias cavalos e ginetes e machos;   
RumanianCei din casa Togarmei aduceau la tkrgul tqu cai, cqlqreyi wi catkri.
SpanishLos de Bet-togarma, con caballos, corceles y mulos, pagaban tus mercaderías.
SwedishVagnshästar, ridhästar och mulåsnor gåvos åt dig såsom betalning från Togarmas land.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: FAIRS

Derivations

Words ending with "FAIRS": affairs, funfairs. (additional references)


Misspellings

"FAIRS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afars, afis, fafir, fagrs, faids, fains, faird, faires, fairess, Fairisle, fairn, fairo, fairt, fairys, fajr, faqir, fari, farib, faric, faries, Fariq, farit, farrs, Fars, fayre, fayts, Fehrs, feira, feiris, Feirus, fiars, frais, fuir, rairs, vairs. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "FAIRS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "FAIRS" (pronounced fe"rz)
4f e" r zaffairs, fares.
3-e" r zairs, bares, bears, billionaires, blares, cares, chairs, compares, dares, declares, despairs, downstairs, errs, flares, glares, hairs, hares, heirs, impairs, Mairs, mares, millionaires, multimillionaires, pairs, Pares, pears, prayers, prepares, questionnaires, repairs, scares, shares, snares, spares, squares, stairs, stares, swears, tears, theirs, unawares, upstairs, wares, wears.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: FAIRS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fiars.

Words within the letters "a-f-i-r-s"

-1 letter: airs, arfs, fair, fiar, firs, rias, rifs, sari.

-2 letters: air, ais, arf, ars, far, fas, fir, ifs, ras, ria, rif, sir, sri.

-3 letters: ai, ar, as, fa, if, is, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-i-r-s"
 

+1 letter: afrits, fakirs, faqirs, ferias, flairs, frails, fraise, friars, kafirs, safari, sharif.

 

+2 letters: affairs, affirms, fabrics, faeries, fairest, fairies, fairish, faquirs, farcies, farinas, farside, fiacres, firmans, fraises, frazils, freesia, garfish, infares, insofar, kaffirs, maftirs, oarfish, raffias, raffish, ratfish, safaris, scarify, sharifs, suffari, tariffs, zaffirs.

 

+3 letters: aerifies, affaires, affixers, airfares, airflows, airfoils, airlifts, aquifers, argufies, barflies, basifier, boarfish, crawfish, crayfish, disfavor, draffish, dwarfish, dwarfism, failures, fainters, fairings, fairness, fairways, fairyism, faitours, fakeries, fanciers, faradise, faradism, farinhas, farinose, farmings, farriers, farsides, fatbirds, fibromas, filarees, finmarks, firearms, firebase, firepans, fistular, flashier, foresaid, foresail, frailest, framings, frayings, freakish, freesias, friaries, frigates, funfairs, gasifier, gasiform, giraffes, grayfish, indrafts, infarcts, infracts, ingrafts, isograft, misframe, misgraft, panfries, parfaits, piaffers, ramifies, rarefies, rarifies, ratafias, ratfinks, ratifies, refrains, ruffians, safaried, safranin, sanserif, scarfing, scarfpin, starfish, strafing, stratify, suffaris, traffics, transfix, vasiform.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Bible Trace
14. Abbreviations
15. Acronyms
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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