Fair, Isaac and Co.
This is the company that invented credit scoring software (see credit score and FICO).
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The following dictionary definition list is provided for clarification only. Note that many definitions are not directly applicable to mortgages, loans or other financial terminology in this glossary. Used with permission: WordNet 2.1 Copyright 2005 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
fair
Noun: carnival, fair, funfair (a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.)
Noun: fair (gathering of producers to promote business) "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"
Noun: fair (a competitive exhibition of farm products) "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
Noun: bazaar, fair (a sale of miscellany; often for charity) "the church bazaar"
Verb: fair (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)
Adjective: fair, just (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules) "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
Adjective: impartial, fair (showing lack of favoritism) "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
Adjective: fair, fairish, reasonable (not excessive or extreme) "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
Adjective: bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly (very pleasing to the eye) "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
Adjective: fair ((of a baseball) hit between the foul lines) "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
Adjective: average, fair, mediocre, middling (lacking exceptional quality or ability) "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
Adjective: fair (attractively feminine) "the fair sex"
Adjective: clean, fair ((of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections) "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
Adjective: fair (free of clouds or rain) "today will be fair and warm"
Adjective: fair, fairish ((used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored) "a fair complexion";
Adverb: fairly, fair, clean (in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating) "they played fairly"
Adverb: fairly, fair, evenhandedly (without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner) "deal fairly with one another"
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