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Definition of fare noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    fare

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//fɛr//
     
     
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  1. 1[countable, uncountable] the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc. bus/taxi fares train fares I need some cash for taxi fare. When do the kids start paying the full fare? see airfare, round trip Thesaurusrate
    • charge
    • fee
    • rent
    • fine
    • fare
    • toll
    These are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for something.
    • rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:a low hourly rate interest rates
    • charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:an admission charge a rental charge
    • fee (somewhat formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization:legal fees an annual membership fee
    • rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a home or an office
    • fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:a parking fine
    • fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.
    • toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge.
    Patterns
    • (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll for something
    • (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll on something
    • at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare of…
    • for a charge/fee
    • to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll
    • to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll
  2. 2[countable] a passenger in a taxi The taxi driver picked up a fare at the airport.
  3. 3[uncountable] (old-fashioned or formal) food that is offered as a meal The restaurant provides traditional Italian fare. (figurative) His student drawings were not standard art school fare (= not something you would usually expect at art school).
See fare in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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