footnote

footnote
foot|note [ˈfutnəut US -nout] n
1.) a note at the bottom of the page in a book, which gives more information about something
2.) a piece of additional information that is not very important but is interesting or helps you understand something
footnote to
There was an interesting footnote to the story.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • footnote — I. noun Date: 1607 1. a note of reference, explanation, or comment usually placed below the text on a printed page 2. a. one that is a relatively subordinate or minor part (as of an event, work, or field) < a movement now regarded as a footnote… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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