Definition of Fairs

1. Noun. (plural of fair) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fairs

1. fair [v] - See also: fair

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairs

fairies
fairily
fairing
fairings
fairish
fairishly
fairlead
fairleader
fairleaders
fairleads
fairlike
fairly
fairness
fairness commission
fairnesses
fairs (current term)
fairtrade
fairwater
fairway
fairways
fairweather
fairweather friend
fairweather friends
fairy-ring mushroom
fairy-slipper
fairy-tale
fairy-wren
fairy-wrens

Literary usage of Fairs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"The courts which administer this branch of the Law Merchant are chiefly the courts of fairs, the courts of the more important towns, and the courts of the ..."

2. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"some merchants (or bankers) went to the fairs simply to loan money. 76. Trade at the Champagne fairs; other continental fairs. ..."

3. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"some merchants (or bankers) went to the fairs simply to loan money. 76. Trade at the Champagne fairs; other continental fairs. — In the thirteenth century, ..."

4. The Ways and Means of Payment: A Full Analysis of the Credit System, with by Stephen Colwell (1859)
"Thousands of these markets, shorn of their importance and magnitude, are yet held on those continents ;3 1 fairs are thus defined by Savary:— "A concourse ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"All the London fairs were abolished as public nuisances before 1855—the last year ... For the general reasons apparent from the preceding sketch, fairs in ..."

6. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"Advocating permanent location of fairs; money thus saved could be added to ... Shall we permanently locate our state fairs? comment (9 tame 1854: 29-30.) . ..."

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