fine print

[ fahyn ]

noun

1. printed matter in small-sized type.
2. the detailed wording of a contract, lease, insurance policy, or the like, often set in type smaller than the main body of the document and including general restrictions or qualifications that could be considered disadvantageous:

   Make sure you read the fine print before signing.

fine print

noun

1. matter set in small type, as in a contract, esp considered as containing unfavourable conditions that the signer might overlook Also calledsmall print

Other Words From

• fine-print adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fine print¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Of course there is FINE PRINT somewhere buried in the website stating that everything is fictional but that is difficult to find.

From The Daily Beast

And then the fine print: On March 1, 2013, the government of Israel will begin work.

From The Daily Beast

With the new display, he said, “Surfing the Web can be like a fine print magazine.”

From The Daily Beast

Wade into the fine print and the deal seems even more disappointing.

From The Daily Beast

Fine print is not intended to annoy, but rather to spare you any humiliation.

From The Daily Beast

The home was sold—by fine print—hit was bid in by Romine fer about the price of his bill and the costs.

From Project Gutenberg

A fine print of a Holy Family, about 15×18 inches, has a middle tone of fair blue and a shadow tint of full rich green.

From Project Gutenberg

And so intense was the light shining from the sea that I was enabled to read with ease the fine print of a newspaper.

From Project Gutenberg

But she presently simplified the matter by putting aside all that were decidedly too large, or too small, or too fine print.

From Project Gutenberg

I read each little page and its small, fine print as if my life depended upon its reading.

From Project Gutenberg