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small print noun

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Definition

text in a formal agreement which is printed smaller than the rest of the text, sometimes in the hope that it will not be noticed because it contains rules or information that will not give advantages to the person signing the agreement
Don't sign anything until you've read the small print.

(Definition of small print noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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