Farebox
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Farebox is a noun meaning A box into which passengers drop their bus or train fare.
Meaning
A box into which passengers drop their bus or train fare.
More Meanings
- (synecdochic) All payment from passengers (in whatever form) as a source of revenue for a transit organization.
Example Sentences
What makes it worse is that since the Southern Thameslink and Great Northern deal is a management contract, all the farebox money goes to the government.
We are keeping our eye on contradictions in fare collection–members have noticed uniformed collectors on Nearly light rail at the same time buses run with papered-over fareboxes–given the recent fare increase, we wonder why collections does not seem to be uniformly enforced.
Word Forms
- fareboxes
- fare box
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paybox, cashbox, coinbox, poorbox, safebox, drop-off.
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