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fair
treating people equally or in the way that is right:
• It’s not fair that she gets paid more than me. • Everyone has the right to a fair trial.
just
formal morally right and fair:
• a just punishment • a just cause • a just society • Do you think it was a just war?
reasonable
fair and sensible according to most people’s standards:
• a reasonable request • Lateness, without a reasonable excuse, will not be tolerated.
balanced
giving fair and equal treatment to all sides of an argument or subject:
• Balanced reporting of the news is essential.
even-handed
giving fair and equal treatment to everyone, especially when it would be easy to favour one particular group:
• The drama takes an even-handed look at the consequences of violent crime, both on attackers and their victims. • The film is even-handed and does not try to make you support either side.
equitable
formal giving equal treatment to everyone involved:
• We need an equitable solution to this problem. • a more equitable distribution of wealth
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adj. VERBS be, seem | make sth I'll give you ten pounds each to make it fair. | consider sth, think sth I didn't think it fair that the others should be allowed to go but not me. ADV. scrupulously, very It's important to be scrupulously fair when marking the final exam paper. | absolutely, completely, entirely, perfectly, quite, totally I don't care what he thinks. It seems perfectly fair to me. That doesn't seem quite fair. | hardly It's hardly fair that I should be working while everyone else is enjoying themselves! | pretty, reasonably PHRASES to be fair To be fair, we hadn't really spent enough time on the job. PREP. to That seems fair to all sides., noun ADJ. major | annual | trade | antiques, book, craft, horse VERB + FAIR attend, go to, visit | have, hold, host The city is holding its annual trade fair in May this year. | organize She is organizing next year's book fair. FAIR + VERB take place PREP. at a/the ~ I bought it at a local craft fair.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary