fare

noun

/feə(r)/

/fer/

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[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?
see also airfare
Synonyms rate
rate
- charge
- fee
- rent
- fine
- fare
- toll
- rental
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 of pay
  interest rates
- charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:
  an admission charge
- fee (rather 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 building or room. In American English, rent can be used to mean rental: The weekly rent on the car was over $300.
- 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.
- rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time.
rent or rental?In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items.Patterns
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for something
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on something
- at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of…
- for a charge/fee
- to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental
- to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental
Extra Examples
- 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
Topics Transport by bus and trainb2, Transport by airb2, Moneyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- expensive
- high
- cheap
- …
verb + fare
- pay
- charge
- increase
- …
fare + verb
- cost (somebody) something
- start at something
- start from something
- …
fare + noun
- hike
- increase
- rise
- …
preposition
- at…fare
phrases
- 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 Dictionary
verb + fare
- pick up
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(also fayre)
[uncountable] a range of food of a particular type
- The restaurant provides good traditional fare.
see also bill of fare
Extra Examples
- tourists seeing the sights and sampling the local Mexican fare
- a restaurant serving traditional Scottish fare
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- gourmet
- rich
- plain
- …
verb + fare
- offer
- serve
- sample
- …
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[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.

fare

verb

/feə(r)/

/fer/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fare	/feə(r)/ /fer/
he / she / it fares	/feəz/ /ferz/
past simple fared	/feəd/ /ferd/
past participle fared	/feəd/ /ferd/
-ing form faring	/ˈfeərɪŋ/ /ˈferɪŋ/

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fare well, badly, better, etc. to be successful/unsuccessful in a particular situation synonym get on
- The party fared very badly in the last election.
- The North, by and large, has fared better than most regions in avoiding high unemployment figures.
Extra Examples
- He fared well against his main rival.
- She should fare better in this competition.
- This movie fared poorly at the British box office.
Topics Successc2, Difficulty and failurec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- badly
- poorly
- well
- …
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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.