fare

CEFRC1

/ˈfɛə/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The money paid for a journey on public transport.

  2. 02

    verb

    To perform or progress in a particular way.

Examples

  • How much is the fare to the Hilton Hotel?

  • Do you have a student fare?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɛɚ] ~ [ˈfɛɹ̩]
  • /ˈfeː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Food provided or served at a meal.

  2. A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.

  3. Money paid for a transport ticket.

More examples

In context

  • What's the round-trip fare?

  • thoroughfare

  • The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).