fair copy

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   a clean copy of a corrected draft

   Broadercopy

Questions about fair copy

What does fair copy mean?

fair copy means "a clean copy of a corrected draft".

Is fair copy a common word?

fair copy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.