Meaning

(obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
2. (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
3. (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
4. (uncountable) Food and drink.
5. (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
6. (countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
7. Used to express evaluations [with adverbial complement].
8. (archaic) To go; to travel.

Example Sentences

thoroughfare

train fare

bus fare

taxi fare

“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”

Bell pushes labelled "Steward" proved to be more than ornamental, even though gassy mineral waters may not be the ideal fare for a narrow-gauge journey.

The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.

Just another channel that offers the usual fare of makeover programs and reruns of old sitcoms.

Word Forms

• fares
• faring
• fared

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When Should You Use Fare?

Use fare when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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