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Definition of Small print

1. Noun. The part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type. "Don't sign a contract without reading the fine print"

2. Noun. Material printed in small type. "He needed his glasses in order to read the fine print"

Definition of Small print

1. Noun. (idiomatic) fine print ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Small Print

small loan company small lymphocytic lymphoma small man syndrome small molecule drug small molecule drugs small nuclear RNA small nuclear ribonucleoprotein small nuclear ribonucleoproteins small of the back small pancreas

small pelvis small person small plaque parapsoriasis small potatoes small pox small print (current term) small r republican small r republicans small saphenous vein small saphenous veins

small scale small scale energy loan program small screen small ship small skipper small skippers small slam small stores

Literary usage of Small print

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

1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1896)
"... see small print on i. 15. 19. For /i-/i with a participle expressing a reason see small print on iii. 9. ..."

2. A Manual Hebrew Grammar for the Use of Beginners by James Seixas (1834)
"17, G small print. Wan pi only be watchful (take care) for thyself, see § 30, ... 18 small print, with the * note. For the Dagesh in both J's see § 59, (1), ..."

3. Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal (1841)
"Sight, with both eyes open, much improved ; can see to read moderate-sized print very distinctly, at the distance of one /not from his nose, and small print ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiology by Michael Foster, Arthur Sheridan Lea (1885)
"I especially felt that the amount of space which I could fairly allow to the small print paragraphs was wholly insufficient to permit me to do justice to ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1883)
"I especially felt that the amount of space which I could fairly allow to the small print paragraphs was wholly insufficient to permit me to do justice to ..."

6. The Law of Public Education in England and Wales: A Practical Guide to Its by J. C. G. Sykes, Great Britain (1903)
"(A.) Articles of the 1902 Code which are cancelled in the 1903 Code :— 1, 2, 6, 7, 23, 43, 44, 45, 57, 64, 65, 66, 71 (small print), 72, 80 (small print), ..."

7. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1904)
"I agree with the first part of the argument of Mr. Carver that the small print clause leaves matters as they stood at common law so far as regards the ..."

8. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Rembrandt Van Rhyn by Charles Henry Middleton-Wake (1878)
"233 The same subject; a large print 237 Our Lord and the disciples at Emmaus; a small print ; .194 Jesus Christ in the midst of His disciples 225 St Peter ..."

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