fare
Money paid for a transport ticketMoney paid for a transport ticket.
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Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 5
Examples
78 sentencesMeaning
6 senses(countable)Money paid for a transport ticket.
train fare
bus fare
Fahrpreis, Fahrgebühr, Fracht
пла́та за прое́здpláta za projézd, цена́ биле́таcená biléta
(countable)A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
Fahrgast, Passagier
пассажи́рpassažír, пассажи́ркаpassažírka
a paying (taxi) passenger
(uncountable)Food and drink.
Verköstigung, Mahlzeit, Essen und Trinken
прови́зияprovízija, проду́ктыprodúkty
the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
More meanings 3
(uncountable)Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.
Just another channel that offers the usual fare of makeover programs and reruns of old sitcoms.
Essensvorrat, Verpflegung, Proviant
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
thoroughfare
Reise, Fahrt
пое́здкаpojézdka, путеше́ствиеputešéstvije
(UK, countable, slang)A prostitute's client.
Origin
From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“joFrom Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).
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Forms
plural: faresSynonyms
21 synonyms- an agenda of things to do:menu
- the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance:transportation
Word family
42 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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