The committee emphasized fairness in distributing research grants, requiring that every application be judged without any knowledge of the applicant’s institution.
委员会强调分配研究经费时要公平，要求在完全不知申请人所属机构的情况下评审每一份申请。
While employee loyalty to a company is often assumed to depend mainly on salary level, several studies have found that a manager's perceived fairness in resolving workplace conflicts predicts long-term retention far more strongly than salary alone does.
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Which choice best defines “fairness”?
A — The quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable. “fairness” means the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable.
Which word means “the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable”?
B — fairness. “fairness” means the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable.
fairness — the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable. In Chinese: 公平.
fairness is pronounced /ˈfɛrnəs/.
The committee emphasized fairness in distributing research grants, requiring that every application be judged without any knowledge of the applicant’s institution. (委员会强调分配研究经费时要公平，要求在完全不知申请人所属机构的情况下评审每一份申请。)
equity, impartiality, evenhandedness — all close in meaning to fairness (the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable).
bias, favoritism — each the opposite of fairness (the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right or reasonable).
Yes. fairness is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.