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

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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.