Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To get along.
- intransitive verb To happen or develop.
- intransitive verb To travel; go.
- intransitive verb To dine; eat.
- noun A transportation charge, as for a bus.
- noun A passenger transported for a fee.
- noun Food and drink; diet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To resemble, or act like (another).
- noun A farrow: as, a fare of pigs.
- noun A going; a journey; voyage; course; passage.
- noun A company of persons making a journey.
- noun The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveyance by land or water: as, the fare for crossing by a ferry; the fare for conveyance in a railroad-train, cab, omnibus, etc.
- noun The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle.
- noun Outfit for a journey; equipment.
- noun Food; provisions of the table.
- noun Experience; treatment; fortune; cheer.
- noun Proceeding; conduct; behavior.
- noun Doings; ado; bustle; tumult; stir.
- noun The quantity of fish taken in a fishing-vessel.
- noun The form or track of a hare.
- noun A game played with dice.
- To go; pass; move forward; proceed; travel.
- To go or get on, as to circumstances; speed; be in a certain state; be attended with certain circumstances or events; be circumstanced; specifically, to be in a certain condition as regards fortune, or bodily or social comforts.
- To be entertained with food; eat and drink.
- To go or come out, as to result; happen; turn out; result; come to pass: with it impersonally.
- To conduct one's self; behave.
- In an expletive use, to seem; appear.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A journey; a passage.
- noun The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water
- noun obsolete Ado; bustle; business.
- noun Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
- noun Food; provisions for the table; entertainment
- noun The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle.
- noun The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
- noun See under
Bill . - noun a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc.
- noun An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor.
- intransitive verb To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
- intransitive verb To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate.
- intransitive verb To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
- intransitive verb To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally.
- intransitive verb obsolete To behave; to conduct one's self.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Money paid for a transportticket . - noun A paying
passenger , especially in ataxi . - noun
Food anddrink . - noun Supplies for
consumption orpleasure . - verb intransitive, archaic To
go ,travel - verb intransitive To
get along , succeed,be - verb intransitive To
eat , dine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The bus driver getting in a fight with someone over their fare is the last thing I need in my bus ride.
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The rest of the fare is apparently low-end clothing and goodies from the USA and some used stuff.
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The rest of the fare is apparently low-end clothing and goodies from the USA and some used stuff.
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The rest of the fare is apparently low-end clothing and goodies from the USA and some used stuff.
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If the fare is a stupid amount, like $1.35, it greatly adds to the inconvenience factor of riding transit.
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The rest of the fare is apparently low-end clothing and goodies from the USA and some used stuff.
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The rest of the fare is apparently low-end clothing and goodies from the USA and some used stuff.
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The rest of the fare is apparently low-end clothing and goodies from the USA and some used stuff.
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But if she stays through Saturday night, the fare is about $250, NYT reports.
Airlines Revive Hated Minimum Stay Fares - The Consumerist 2008
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The rest of the fare is apparently low-end clothing and goodies from the USA and some used stuff.
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oroboros commented on the word fare
Contronymic in the sense: taken in (as food) vs. given out (paid as bus fare).
January 27, 2007