FARE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of fare in English farenoun uk /feər/ us /fer/

fare noun (PAYMENT)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ C ] the money that you pay for a journey in a vehicle such as a bus or train: train fare Train fares are going up again.air fare bus fare Can I borrow £2 for my bus fare?taxi fare cab fare return fare mainly UK round-trip fare mainly US fare dodger fare hike fare increase fare rise [ C ] someone who pays to be driven somewhere in a taxi

• Take some foreign currency to cover incidentals like the taxi fare to your hotel.
• Train fare increases of five percent are envisaged for the next year.
• Please tender the exact fare.
• Government sources estimate a long-term 50 percent increase in rail fares.
• The airline's decision to cut air fares is likely to unsettle the market.

Costs & expenses

• admission charge
• aliment
• alimony
• all in
• at cost
• at someone's expense
• bank charges
• consumer price index
• indirect cost
• make/put a dent in something idiom
• market value
• net worth
• operating
• out-of-pocket
• outlay
• remittance
• reserve
• stoppage
• ticket
• tune

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Travellers & visitors

fare noun (FOOD)

[ U ] old-fashioned the type of food that is served in a restaurant Food - general words

• aliment
• animal product
• bed
• bowl of something
• box scheme
• eats
• farm box
• fast casual
• fast food
• fayre
• morel
• morsel
• munch
• non-dairy
• non-dairy milk
• tucker
• ultra-processed food
• vegetable box
• viands
• victuals

See more results » fareverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]   old-fashioned uk /feər/ us /fer/ to succeed or be treated in the stated way: How did you fare in your exams?fare badly Low-paid workers will fare badly under this government.fare well The party has fared well in recent local elections. Coping and not coping

• balancing act
• be left holding the baby idiom
• bear up phrasal verb
• bite
• bite off more than you can chew idiom
• heat
• hold
• juggling
• keep body and soul together idiom
• keep the wolf from the door idiom
• keep your head above water idiom
• keep/hold your end up idiom
• manage
• ride
• roll
• sink or swim idiom
• stretch to something phrasal verb
• stride
• subsist
• subsistence

See more results » (Definition of fare from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

fare | American Dictionary

farenoun us /feər/

fare noun (PAYMENT)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] the money that you pay for traveling on a vehicle such as a bus or train: We shared a taxi and split the fare.

fare noun (FOOD)

[ U ] fml (in a restaurant) the type of food that is served: Middle Eastern fare fareverb [ I always + adv/prep ] us /fer, fær/

fare verb [I always + adv/prep] (PROGRESS)

to progress or to be in a particular condition: Middle-income families will fare better/worse under the new tax laws. (Definition of fare from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

fare | Business English

farenoun [ C ]   TRANSPORT uk /feər/ us Add to word list Add to word list the price you pay for a trip on a bus, train, plane, etc.: How much is the fare to Brussels? bus/train/rail, etc. fare Bus fares in the capital will rise from next month.plane/air fare Some economists say that the age of cheap air fares is over. The full fare can be as much as $400. US a one-way/round trip fare UK a single/return fare (Definition of fare from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of fare

fare The candidate that fares best is the winner. From the Cambridge English Corpus Second, the government also retained the power to set fares. From the Cambridge English Corpus Relates to railroads, street railways, subways, streetcars, and fares; includes bills regulating automobile operation and driving. From the Cambridge English Corpus Compared to most of their urban counterparts, whose real incomes plummeted, farmers fared well. From the Cambridge English Corpus Workers who begin careers in the highest earnings quartile fared worse with the dynamic wage model. From the Cambridge English Corpus The crucial issue for any theory is not how it fares in bivariate relationships but how well it performs when tested against rival theoretical frameworks. From the Cambridge English Corpus The results show that a new hire fares better under the hybrid all the way until age 55. From the Cambridge English Corpus Also, it remains to be seen how this approach fares in more detailed analyses of works. From the Cambridge English Corpus In my own assessment, which is informed by analysis of media coverage of the implementation, this does not seem to have fared well. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the circumstances, it was remarkable how well the opera fared. From the Cambridge English Corpus Another major focus of attention has been public transport services and the availability of free travel and concessionary fares for pensioners. From the Cambridge English Corpus We do not compare human judgment with the laws of logic or probability, but rather examine how it fares in real-world environments. From the Cambridge English Corpus They found that the adopted children fared much better. From the Cambridge English Corpus Linguists have sought such theories for the last 150 years with no success, and grammaticalization theory fares no better. From the Cambridge English Corpus A bisyllabic parse fares even worse, since it forces a mixing of iambic and trochaic feet within the same line. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of fare These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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average fareThe guiding principle will be that, for at least the first four years after privatisation, average fare rises will be no more than inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   bus fareMany people in those communities cannot afford the bus fare for one journey to the hospital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   cab fareIs not the preservation of the functions of this interesting feudal survival worth a cab fare? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with fare What is the pronunciation of fare?

Translations of fare

in Chinese (Traditional) 付款, 車費, 車票價… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 付款, 车费, 车票价… See more in Spanish tarifa, precio del billete, pasajero… See more in Portuguese tarifa, preço de passagem, passagem… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian बस किंवा ट्रेन सारख्या वाहनातील प्रवासासाठी आपण दिलेले पैसे… See more 料金, 運賃（うんちん）… See more taşıt ücreti, bilet ücreti, yol parası… See more prix [masculine] du ticket/billet, (prix du) billet, client/-ente… See more tarifa, preu del bitllet… See more kaartje, passagier… See more பேருந்து அல்லது ரயில் போன்ற வாகனத்தில் பயணத்திற்கு நீங்கள் செலுத்தும் பணம்… See more (सफर करते हुए बस या ट्रेन का) किराया, भाड़ा… See more ભાડું… See more billetpris, takst, tur… See more biljett[kostnad], passagerare, körning… See more tambang, penumpang… See more die Fahrtkosten, der Fahrgast… See more billettpris [masculine], reiseutgift [masculine], billett(pris)… See more کرایہ… See more вартість проїзду, пасажир… See more చెల్లించాల్సిన డబ్బు, బస్సు లేదా రైలు వంటి వాహనంలో ప్రయాణం కోసం మీరు చెల్లించే డబ్బు… See more ভাড়া… See more jízdné, pasažér, zákazník… See more ongkos, penumpang… See more ค่าโดยสาร, ผู้โดยสารที่จ่ายเงินค่าโดยสารในรถที่จ้าง… See more tiền xe, tiền vé, hành khách phải trả tiền… See more cena biletu, opłata (za przejazd), pasażer… See more 요금… See more tariffa, biglietto, passeggero… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of fare

• low-fare
• fare well
• full fare
• peak fare
• excess fare
• fare badly
• return fare

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    • fare (FOOD)
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    • fare (PAYMENT)
    • fare (FOOD)
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    • fare (PROGRESS)
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