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fare
[ fair ]
noun
- the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- a person or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger.
- a person who hires a public vehicle and its driver.
hearty fare.
- something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc.:
literary fare.
- Archaic. state of things.
verb (used without object)
- to experience good or bad fortune, treatment, etc.; get on:
He fared well in his profession.
- to go; turn out; happen (used impersonally):
It fared ill with him.
- to go; travel.
- to eat and drink:
They fared sumptuously.
fare
/ ɛə /
noun
- the sum charged or paid for conveyance in a bus, train, aeroplane, etc
- a paying passenger, esp when carried by taxi
- a range of food and drink; diet
verb
- to get on (as specified); manage
he fared well
- withit as a subject to turn out or happen as specified
it fared badly with him
- archaic.to eat
we fared sumptuously
- archaic.often foll by forth to go or travel
Derived Forms
- ˈڲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ڲİ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fare1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
A number of shots were fired into Mr O'Hara's car from an alleyway as he arrived to pick up a fare.
So how will they fare back in the top flight?
The problem, though, is that the brick-coloured goo, which is dried into a powder, looks distinctly unappetising – even less appetising than the freeze-dried fare that astronauts currently have to put up with.
And, of course, how will Ronnie O'Sullivan fare as he pursues a record eighth title in the modern era, having not played competitively since January.
He told me, he thought the inner city areas were faring worst.
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