- The portion of a document, especially a contract, that contains qualifications or restrictions in small type or obscure language.
- Something presented in a deliberately ambiguous or obscure manner.
Dictionary:
fine print (fīn) ![]() |
| 5min Related Video: fine print |
| Investment Dictionary: Fine Print |
Non-standard terms included in a contract, often in a small font.
Investopedia Says:
Restrictions or disadvantageous terms are often found in the fine print.
Related Links:
Find out what could be hidden in this often-overlooked part of the financial statements. Footnotes: Start Reading The Fine Print
| Thesaurus: fine print |
noun
| WordNet: fine print |
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications printed in small type
Synonym: small print
Meaning #2:
material printed in small type
Synonym: small print
| Boilerplate (in accounting) | |
| small print (Idiom) | |
| Web cramming (technology) |
| What is the Fine print at the end of the show? | |
| Service agreement fine print? | |
| What is the literal meaning of fine print? |
Copyrights:
![]() | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Investment Dictionary. Copyright ©2000, Investopedia.com - Owned and Operated by Investopedia Inc. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
Mentioned in