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Definitions: Fine Print |
Fine PrintNoun1. The part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications printed in small type; "don't sign a contract without reading the fine print". 2. Material printed in small type. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Fine PrintSynonym: small print (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Qualification | Condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount; restriction; fine print. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fine Print |
| English words defined with "fine print": Dry point ♦ serograph, silk screen print, silk-screen, Space rule. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fine print": film cutter ♦ SILK-SCREEN CUTTER, silk-screen maker, stencil cutter. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | The lesson is what you read in the fine print. The experience is what you get when you don't. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Read the fine print on the Viet Nam war -- there's a bomb in it!.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fine print | 733 |
fine print 2000 | 67 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fine print"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | text neclar. (various references) | |
Russian | мелкая печать, мелкий шрифт. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-i-n-n-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: finnier, niftier, tinnier. | |
-3 letters: finite, intern, intine, pinier, pinite, pinner, pitier, pterin, tenpin, tiepin, tinier, tinner. | |
-4 letters: feint, finer, inept, inert, infer, inner, inter, niter, nitre, penni, print, refit, renin, repin, ripen, trine, tripe. | |
-5 letters: fern, fine, fire, firn, fret, frit, inti, neif, nine, nite, pein, pent, peri, pert, pier, pine, pint, pirn, reft. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-i-n-n-p-r-t" | |
+2 letters: fingerprint. | |
+3 letters: fingerprints, prenotifying. | |
+4 letters: fingerprinted. | |
+5 letters: fingerprinting, hyperinflation, preunification, superinfecting, superinfection. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 6E 65      50 72 69 6E 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01101110 01100101 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i n e   P r i n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 006E 0065      0050 0072 0069 006E 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4075807125084758086 |
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