adjective / adverb
fair
FAIR/fer/
treating people or situations justly and reasonably
The distributor makes a fair division by giving each person an identical portion.
Etymology
Old English fæger described what was pleasing or beautiful, but also what was morally good. The moral sense developed into conduct according with justice, giving fair its meaning of impartial and free from favoritism.
In context
Even if somebody just wins by a millisecond, he deserves gold and and all the money. uh and we find that fair and essentially I think some of that logic is taking into the economic sphere.
More examples
- We should divide the work in a fair way.
- That price seems fair for a used bicycle.
- Play fair and give everyone a turn.
Forms
fair · fairer · fairest
fairness noun — Just and reasonable treatment