fare

fare
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noun
1 money paid to travel by bus, taxi, etc.
ADJECTIVE
expensive, high
cheap, low
adult (esp. BrE), full, normal, standard (BrE)
child's (esp. BrE), concessionary (BrE), discounted, half (esp. BrE), reduced
last-minute, sale, walk-up (all AmE)
one-way (esp. AmE), single (BrE)
return (BrE), round-trip (AmE)
first-class, second-class
coach (= cheapest seats on a plane) (AmE)
air, bus, cab, coach (= bus) (BrE), ferry (esp. BrE), rail (esp. BrE), subway (AmE), taxi, train, tube (BrE)
VERB + FARE
pay

I'm afraid you will have to pay the full fare.

charge

Buses charged a standard fare of about 20 pence per mile.

increase, put up (BrE), raise
cut, lower, reduce, slash

air fares slashed by a massive 30%

introduce, offer

The airline has introduced a cheap fare to New York.

dodge (BrE)

They caught him trying to dodge bus fares.

FARE + VERB
cost (sb) sth

The fare will cost you less if you travel midweek.

start at sth, start from sth

Last-minute fares start at $219 each way.

range from sth to sth

Round-trip fares range from $118 to $258.

go up, increase, rise
FARE + NOUN
hike (esp. AmE), increase, rise (BrE)
structure

a simplified fare structure

PREPOSITION
at … fare

Children travel at half fare. (esp. BrE)

PHRASES
an increase in fares, a rise in fares (esp. BrE)
a reduction in fares

The company promised reductions in fares.

2 passenger in a taxi
VERB + FARE
pick up

The taxi driver picked up a fare outside the opera house.

3 food; material for listening to, reading, etc.
ADJECTIVE
gourmet, rich
plain, simple
hearty, light (esp. AmE)
healthy, wholesome (esp. BrE)
local
vegetarian
English, Italian, Mexican, etc.
Christmas
average, daily, normal, regular (esp. AmE), standard, staple, traditional, typical, usual

Trials involving celebrities are the daily fare of newspapers.

The band's music was standard rock fare.

family

This movie is perfect family fare.

television, TV
VERB + FARE
offer, serve

a restaurant serving traditional Scottish fare

sample

tourists seeing the sights and sampling the local Mexican fare

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verb
ADVERB
badly, poorly, well

She should fare better in this competition.

This movie fared poorly at the British box office.

He fared well against his main rival.


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  • Fare — (f[^a]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faring}.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. ????? a way through, ??????? a ferry,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • fare — [fer] vi. fared, faring [ME faren < OE faran, to go, wander, akin to Ger fahren & Du raren < IE base * per , to come over, transport > L portare, to carry, Gr peran, to pass over, peira, a trial, poros, a way] 1. Old Poet. to travel; go… …   English World dictionary

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