单词 | half fare |
释义 | > as lemmashalf fare half fare n. a concessionary rate (e.g. for a child) of half the regular amount of money that a passenger on public transport has to pay; (also) a person paying this. Π 1820 N. Amer. Rev. July 4 The provisions stipulated are dealt out on the principle of full portions to those who pay full fare, half portions to the half fares, and children nothing. 1879 F. H. Grundy Pictures of Past vi. 166 ‘Well,’ says Leigh Hunt, ‘I found him [sc. a cabman] returning from Hammersmith, and he said as an empty he would take me for half-fare.’ 1942 H. Abend Ramparts of Pacific xxvi. 275 Half-fare or one-third-fare tickets were sold on Japanese steamship lines and railways, and reduced hotel rates were assured. 2001 T. Allen Rolling Home Second Ending 298 Fifteen Native school-aged kids got on... He..said Status Indians get half fare on VIA. < as lemmas |
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