fine print

noun

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Examples: fine print in a Sentence

Definition of fine print

: something thoroughly and often deliberately obscure; especially : a part of an agreement or document spelling out restrictions and limitations often in small type or obscure language

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Examples of fine print in a Sentence

Read the fine print before you sign the contract.

Recent Examples of fine print from the Web

For black people, in particular, success has its own fine print.

— jason parham, WIRED, "Sorry to Bother You: A Dizzying Satire That Hungers for Truth," 7 July 2018
Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, said few people review the fine print in their zeal to set up new televisions.

— sapna maheshwari, New York Times, "How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s On Tonight," 5 July 2018
The fine print in the loan contracts obliges customers to pay as much as an extra 20 percent of the amount owed to cover Mariner's attorney fees, and this has helped fund legal proceedings that are both voluminous and swift.

— peter whoriskey, courant.com, "Unsolicited checks can be a lifeline and an albatross," 2 July 2018
Even though this is Icelandair, a full-service airline, there's some fine print.

— meredith carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "Flight Deal: U.S. to Copenhagen from $330 Round-Trip," 22 June 2018
As with any legal venture, there is some fine print.

— chris morris, Fortune, "CountryTime Vows to Pay Fines of Kids Busted for Operating Lemonade Stands," 8 June 2018
They can be slipped into the fine print that comes with any product or sent to employees via an email.

— david g. savage, latimes.com, "How the Supreme Court is invoking a 1925 law to restrict workers' rights today," 23 May 2018
Scooters in the fine print: Here's what you could be fined for.

— bruce henderson, charlotteobserver, "'Saw a guy riding down the sidewalk... texting on his phone.' Here come the scooters.," 14 June 2018
Nothing too unusual about that except for noticing it in the fine print on the menu.

— robert philpot, star-telegram, "So — how are the burgers at #IHOb, anyway?," 14 June 2018

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