fair copynoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌfeə ˈkɒp.i/us/ˌfer ˈkɑː.pi/UKthe final, corrected copy of a piece of written work
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Pieces of writing
- acrostic
- caption
- creative writing
- doodle
- encomium
- excerpt
- fair
- fair sth out
- jottings
- manuscript
- microblog
- ms
- paragraph
- record
- squiggle
- subheading
- text
- transcription
- typescript
- writing
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Examples from literature
- He was employed to make a fair copy of the lecturer's rough manuscript for the reading to the public.
- I spent the following day in making a fair copy of my report and in having the plans done on a larger scale.
- Intending that she should read his letter, he omitted it till he made the fair copy.
- They look more like the rough draft than the fair copy.
- This fair copy also shows signs of haste: slips of the pen, repetition of words, a number of unimportant revisions.