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fare

  [fair] noun, verb, fared, far⋅ing.
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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.
6. Archaic. state of things.
–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME faren, OE faran; c. G fahren, ON fara, Goth faran; akin to emporium, port 5 , pram 2

Related forms:
farer, noun

Synonyms:
4. See food.
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fare   (fâr)   
intr.v.   fared, far·ing, fares

  1. To get along: How are you faring with your project?

  2. To go or happen: How does it fare with you?

  3. To travel; go.

  4. To dine; eat.

n.  

  1. A transportation charge, as for a bus.

  2. A passenger transported for a fee.

  3. Food and drink; diet: simple home-cooked fare.


[Middle English faren, from Old English faran; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
far'er n.
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Word Origin & History

fare  (n.)
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 Original sense is obsolete, except in compounds (wayfarer, sea-faring, etc.)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.1205; that of "conveyance" appears in Scot. c.1425 and led to sense of "payment for passage" (1514).

fare  (v.)
O.E. faran "to journey, to make one's way," from P.Gmc. *faranan (cf. Goth. faran, Ger. fahren), from PIE *por- "going, passage" (cf. Skt. piparti "brings over," Gk. poros "passage, way," L. peritus "experienced").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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