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noun
1.
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
2.
a person or persons who pay to be conveyed in a vehicle; paying passenger.
3.
a person who hires a public vehicle and its driver.
4.
food; diet: hearty fare.
5.
something offered to the public, for entertainment, enjoyment, consumption, etc.: literary fare.
verb (used without object)
7.
to experience good or bad fortune, treatment, etc.; get on: He fared well in his profession.
8.
to go; turn out; happen (used impersonally): It fared ill with him.
9.
to go; travel.
10.
to eat and drink: They fared sumptuously.
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fare (fɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the sum charged or paid for conveyance in a bus, train, aeroplane, etc |
| 2. | a paying passenger, esp when carried by taxi |
| 3. | a range of food and drink; diet |
| —vb (with it | |
| 4. | to get on (as specified); manage: he fared well |
| 5. | to turn out or happen as specified: it fared badly with him |
| 6. | archaic to eat: we fared sumptuously |
| 7. | archaic ( |
| [Old English faran; related to Old Norse fara to travel, Old High German faran to go, Greek poros ford] | |
| 'farer | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
fare
O.E. fær "journey, road," strong neut. of faran "to journey" (see fare (v.)); merged with faru "journey, expedition, companions, baggage," strong fem. of faran. Original sense is obsolete, except in compounds (wayfarer, sea-faring, etc.) Meaning of "food provided" is
c.1200; that of "conveyance" appears in Scot. early 15c. and led to sense of "payment for passage" (1510s).
fare
O.E. faran "to journey, to make one's way," from P.Gmc. *faranan (cf. Goth. faran, Ger. fahren), from PIE *por- "going, passage," from base *per- "to lead, pass over" (see port (1)). Related: Fared; faring.
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Example sentences
Dreadful names and ghoulish shapes turn dishes suited to all ages into party fare.
The resort serves local organic fare and specializes in vegetarian, vegan and raw food meals.
Admission fare includes a train ride aboard vintage rollick stock with historical narrative provided by the conductor.
Swarms of carrion crows settle on the tops of the trees, and with loud croaks announce the bill of fare of the tempting banquet.
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