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fare

Syllabification: (fare)
Pronunciation: /fer/

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Definition of fare

noun

  • 1the money a passenger on public transportation has to pay.
  • a passenger paying to travel in a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
  • 2a range of food, especially of a particular type:delicious Provençal fare
  • performance or entertainment of a particular style:conventional Hollywood fare

verb

[no object]
  • 1 [with adverbial] perform in a specified way in a particular situation or over a particular period of time:the party fared badly in the spring elections
  • archaic happen; turn out:beware that it fare not with you as with your predecessor
  • 2 archaic travel:a young knight fares forth

Origin:

Old Englishfær, faru 'traveling, a journey or expedition,'faran 'to travel', also 'get on (well or badly)', of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse ferja 'ferryboat', also to ford. fare (sense 1 of the noun) stems from an earlier meaning 'a journey for which a price is paid'fare (sense 2 of the noun) was originally used with reference to the quality or quantity of food provided, probably from the idea of faring well or badly

Do not confuse fare with fair. Fare means 'money paid by passengers' (a bus fare) or 'progress in a particular way' (the party fared badly in the election), whereas fair mainly means 'treating people equally; just' (a fair deal) or is used to describe hair as being light-colored.

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