fair play

noun

: equitable or impartial treatment : justice

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One such story happened in 2023 when an online gambling operator had to put business on hold after a regulator flagged deficiencies in financial safeguards, fair play policies and event reporting. Dzmitry Lubneuski, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 In February 2023, City was formally charged with breaking financial fair play rules between 2009 and 2018 and with failing to co-operate with Premier League investigations into their finances. Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 Promising kids have recently been sacrificed for financial fair play purposes — loaned out or sold with buy-back clauses. James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 May 2025 The question – at the center of disagreements over transgender athletes’ participation in sports – has echoed from high school running tracks to Olympic arenas as lawmakers and sports bodies face intense pressure to weigh in on a debate over what fair play looks like. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fair play

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1500, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fair play was circa 1500

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“Fair play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20play. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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