fair copy

American  

noun

1. a copy of a document made after final correction.

2. the condition of such a copy.

3. an exact copy.

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fair copy British  

noun

1. a clean copy of a document on which all corrections have been made

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Etymology

Origin of fair copy

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

He tinkered with his draft for a further quarter of an hour, then threaded in new sheets and typed up a fair copy.

From Literature

He never wrote out fair copies of these jottings for me, fugitive as were the marks and impossible of interpretation.

From Literature

He had been unable to get a typist to the island to batter out a fair copy of the novel for his publisher.

From BBC

Within minutes, both the original and the fair copy were ash.

From The Guardian

The only person who knew of this poem’s existence, because Hughes had given her a typed fair copy of it, was the poet’s widow, Carol.

From The Guardian