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Meanings of small print in English

Material printed in small type.

Usage of small print in English
1
Of course, the normally outstanding Five Live hadn't read the small print.
The Irish Times
2
Older mortgages often have a minimum rate specified in the small print.
The Guardian
3
At least he thought he did until he read the small print.
Reuters
4
The answer was in the small print of my booking confirmation email.
News.com.au
5
I looked closer at the small print under the large UFC logo.
Roast mortem
6
Backtracking, she found a single small print pointing left, before the clearing.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
7
Overall, people should tread carefully, check the small print and shop around.
The Guardian
8
Usually she started with a joke about lawyers, and about small print.
Sympathy for the devil
9
It'll be good preparation for reading all the small print on health exchanges.
Reuters
10
May we read the small print that comes with this promise?
The Irish Times
11
This small print has been repeated many times over by scientists.
The Guardian
12
The small print on the bottles' labels is faded, low contrast.
Up in the air
13
Thirty pages of small print follow the heading, but he skips that part.
Breathe
14
In all, nearly 500 pages of small rather too small print.
The Irish Times
15
It was in the small print; the Cavendishes should have looked.
Nightingale's lament
16
He was looking at the brandy bottle as if reading the small print.
Hombre
This collocation consists of:
Small print through the time
Small print across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Rare