Fair
A fair (archaic: fayre) is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary; some last only an afternoon while others may last as long as ten weeks. Activities at fairs vary widely. Some trade fairs are important regular business events where either products are traded between businesspeople, as at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where publishers sell book rights in other markets to other publishers, or where products are showcased to largely consumer attendees, as for example in agricultural districts where they present opportunities to display and demonstrate the latest machinery on the market to farmers.
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Famous quotes containing the word fair:
“The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Boy, you’ll have a fair trial. Race, creed or color, justice will be done in my courtroom.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)
“He only fair, and what he fair hath made;
All other fair, like flowers, untimely fade.”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)