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

/ fɛə /

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

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. archaic,  to eat

   we fared sumptuously

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

Other Word Forms

• farer noun

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

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

Synonym Study

See food.

Example Sentences

The company advises drivers to never argue with a customer about a fare and said it would pay the driver the difference in the event that a customer underpays.

From Los Angeles Times

Eighty-six years ago, when a kiddie fare cost 15 cents, my then-6-year-old grandmother watched the theater blink from sepia to vivid color splendor.

From Los Angeles Times

She says the current cost of rail fares mean "you're almost forced to buy a car because it's much easier".

From BBC

However, in his programme for government speech in May, First Minister John Swinney announced that peak fares would again be scrapped.

From BBC

The app promises to automatically charge these passengers "the best fare at the end of the day".

From BBC

Related Words

• expense 
• price 
• tariff 
• ticket 
• toll