Meanings
nounsmall print (uncountable)
- idiomaticuncountablefine print
This calculated coyness, it now seems, concealed quite a breakthrough. Presumably both sides needed a few more days to fine-tune the small print.
29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type
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Translations
Spanish letra pequeña, letra chica
- letra pequeñafine print
- letra chicafine print
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APA
small print. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20print
MLA
“small print.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20print. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “small print,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20print.
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