Definitions for FAREfɛər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

farefɛər(n.; v.)fared, far•ing.

  1. (n.)the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other carrier.

  2. a person who pays to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger.

  3. food; diet:

    hearty fare.

  4. something offered to the public, as for entertainment:

    literary fare.

  5. Archaic. the state of things.

  6. (v.i.)to succeed; get on:

    I have fared well in my profession.

  7. to go; travel.

  8. to eat and drink.

Origin of fare:

bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE fær; (v.) ME; OE faran

far′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. menu, fare(noun)

    an agenda of things to do

    "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"

  2. fare, transportation(noun)

    the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

  3. fare(noun)

    a paying (taxi) passenger

  4. fare(verb)

    the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

  5. do, fare, make out, come, get along(verb)

    proceed or get along

    "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

  6. fare(verb)

    eat well

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. fare(noun)ɛər

    the cost of a trip

    rising air fares; a cab fare

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fare(noun)

    to go; to pass; to journey; to travel

  2. Fare(noun)

    to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill

  3. Fare(noun)

    to be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live

  4. Fare(noun)

    to happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him

  5. Fare(noun)

    to behave; to conduct one's self

  6. Fare(u)

    a journey; a passage

  7. Fare(u)

    the price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway

  8. Fare(u)

    ado; bustle; business

  9. Fare(u)

    condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer

  10. Fare(u)

    food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare

  11. Fare(u)

    the person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers

  12. Fare(u)

    the catch of fish on a fishing vessel

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. FARE

    The cost of a ride. See old adage, "Only the brave can work their fare."


Translations for FARE

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fare(noun)

the price of a journey on a train, bus, ship etc

He hadn't enough money for his bus fare.

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