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fare

[fair]

noun

  1. the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.

  2. a person or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger.

  3. a person who hires a public vehicle and its driver.

  4. food; diet.

    hearty fare.

  5. something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc..

    literary fare.

  6. Archaic.state of things.



verb (used without object)

fared, faring 
  1. to experience good or bad fortune, treatment, etc.; get on.

    He fared well in his profession.

  2. to go; turn out; happen (used impersonally).

    It fared ill with him.

  3. to go; travel.

  4. to eat and drink.

    They fared sumptuously.

fare

/ ɛə /

noun

  1. the sum charged or paid for conveyance in a bus, train, aeroplane, etc

  2. a paying passenger, esp when carried by taxi

  3. a range of food and drink; diet

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to get on (as specified); manage

    he fared well

  2. to turn out or happen as specified

    it fared badly with him

  3. archaicto eat

    we fared sumptuously

  4. archaic(often foll by forth) to go or travel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • farer noun
  • ˈڲ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fare1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English faren, Old English faran; cognate with German fahren, Old Norse fara, Gothic faran; akin to emporium, port 5, pram 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fare1

Old English faran ; related to Old Norse fara to travel, Old High German faran to go, Greek poros ford
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Synonym Study

See food.
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Example Sentences

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