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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. 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. withit as a subject to turn out or happen as specified

    it fared badly with him

  3. archaic.
    to 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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Derived Forms

  • ˈڲ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڲİ 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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Rising bus fares, the environment and the cost of living were some of the issues students said matter most to them ahead of the upcoming local elections.

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It is only by Friday teatime that we will have a rounded picture of how all of the parties and the independents contesting these elections have fared.

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Southwest Airlines is unveiling new fare bundles as controversial changes to the airline’s policies are set to take effect in the coming months.

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But Pickard fared little better, giving up four goals on 28 shots.

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A number of shots were fired into Mr O'Hara's car from an alleyway as he arrived to pick up a fare.

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