- [countable, uncountable] the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.
- bus/taxi fares
- train/rail fares
- Children travel (at) half fare.
- When do they start paying full fare?
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainb2, Transport by airb2, Moneyb2- He faces charges of dodging taxi fares.
- I'm afraid you will have to pay the full fare.
- Last-minute fares start at $219 each way.
- Round-trip fares range from $118 to $258.
- The airline has introduced a cheap fare to New York.
- The company is promising reductions in fares.
- The fare will cost you less if you travel midweek.
- The return fare will cost you less than two single tickets.
- They caught him trying to dodge bus fares.
- a simplified fare structure
- a special fare deal for air travellers
- air fares slashed by a massive 30%
- Cheap fares mean using your car is unnecessary.
- Do you want the standard fare or the first-class fare?
- Fare dodgers will be dealt with severely.
- Fares can be expensive in the city.
- Fares have been increased by 10%.
- How much is the return/single fare?
- I spend about £40 a week on fares.
- Pay your fare at the ticket office.
- Round-trip fare from New York to Cincinnati is $229.
- The new mayor has promised to reduce fares on all buses and trains.
- one-way fare
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- expensive
- high
- cheap
- …
- pay
- charge
- increase
- …
- cost (somebody) something
- start at something
- start from something
- …
- hike
- increase
- rise
- …
- at…fare
- an increase in fares
- a rise in fares
- a reduction in fares
- …
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- [countable] a passenger in a taxi
- The taxi driver picked up a fare at the station.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fare- pick up
- (also fayre)[uncountable] a range of food of a particular type
- The restaurant provides good traditional fare.
Extra Examples- tourists seeing the sights and sampling the local Mexican fare
- a restaurant serving traditional Scottish fare
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gourmet
- rich
- plain
- …
- offer
- serve
- sample
- …
- [uncountable] something that is offered to the public, especially as a form of entertainment
- This movie is perfect family fare.
Extra Examples- The band's music was standard rock fare.
- His student drawings were not standard art school fare.
- Court trials involving famous people are the daily fare of newspapers.
Word OriginOld English fær, faru ‘travelling, a journey or expedition’, faran ‘to travel’, also ‘get on (well or badly’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch varen and German fahren ‘to travel’, Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, also to ford. Senses 1 and 2 of the noun stem from an earlier meaning ‘a journey for which a price is paid’. Noun sense 3 was originally used with reference to the quality or quantity of food provided, probably from the idea of faring well or badly.
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