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Fare Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fare? [n] an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports" [n] the food and drink that are regularly consumed [n] a paying (taxi) passenger [n] the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance [v] eat well [v] proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fare: come \| do \| get along \| make out \| menu \| transportation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fare: admission \| admission fee \| advance \| adventurer \| alpinist \| anchorage \| astronaut \| attend \| be so \| be such \| become of \| board \| bread \| bread and butter \| break bread \| brokerage \| campaign \| camper \| carfare \| cellarage \| charge \| charges \| cheer \| climber \| come about \| come along \| come of \| come on \| come out \| come through \| comers and goers \| comestibles \| commute \| commuter \| contrive \| cosmopolite \| cost \| count calories \| course \| cover charge \| cover ground \| creature comfort \| cruise \| cruiser \| cuisine \| daily bread \| demand \| develop \| diet \| do \| dockage \| dues \| eat \| eatables \| edibles \| end \| ensue \| entrance fee \| eventuate \| exaction \| exactment \| excursionist \| explorer \| fall out \| fall to \| fare forth \| fast food \| feast \| fee \| feed \| fetch \| flit \| flow \| follow \| food \| food and drink \| foodstuff \| gang \| get along \| get by \| get on \| globe-girdler \| globe-trot \| globe-trotter \| go \| go abroad \| go along \| go on \| go on safari \| go overseas \| goer \| hajji \| health food \| hie \| hire \| hit the trail \| hunger \| ingesta \| issue \| jaunt \| jet set \| jet-setter \| journey \| journeyer \| junk food \| kitchen stuff \| license fee \| make \| make a journey \| make a pilgrimage \| make a trip \| make headway \| make out \| manage \| mariner \| meals \| meat \| mountaineer \| move \| move along \| move on \| palmer \| pan out \| partake \| partake of \| pass \| passenger \| passerby \| pathfinder \| peregrinate \| pilgrim \| pilgrimage \| pilotage \| pioneer \| pitch in \| portage \| price \| proceed \| process \| progress \| prove \| prove to be \| provender \| provision \| provisions \| push on \| range the world \| relish \| repair \| result \| roll \| roll on \| rubberneck \| rubbernecker \| run \| sailor \| salvage \| sashay \| savor \| scot \| scot and lot \| shape up \| shot \| sight-see \| sightseer \| spread \| stack up \| stagger \| storage \| straphanger \| stream \| survive \| sustenance \| table \| take \| take a trip \| take the road \| taste \| terminate \| toll \| tour \| tourer \| tourist \| towage \| trailblazer \| trailbreaker \| transient \| travel \| traveler \| traveller \| trek \| trekker \| tripper \| tucker \| turn out \| unfold \| viands \| viator \| victuals \| visiting fireman \| vittles \| voortrekker \| voyage \| voyager \| voyageur \| wayfare \| wayfarer \| wend \| wharfage \| work out \| world-traveler See Also \| agenda \| airfare \| board \| bus fare \| cab fare \| carfare \| charge \| chow \| chuck \| diet \| dietary \| docket \| eat \| eats \| food \| go \| grub \| menu \| nutrient \| passenger \| proceed \| ration \| rider \| schedule \| table \| taxi fare \| train fare Fare In Webster's Dictionary \Fare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faring}.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. ????? a way through, ??????? a ferry, strait, ???????? to convey, ?????????? to go, march, ????? beyond, on the other side, ????? to pass through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. [root]78. Cf. {Chaffer}, {Emporium}, {Far}, {Ferry}, {Ford}, {Peril}, {Port} a harbor, {Pore}, n.] 1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. --Milton. 2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill. So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. --Denham. I bid you most heartily well to fare. --Robynson (More's Utopia). So fared the knight between two foes. --Hudibras. 3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared sumptuously every day. --Luke xvi. 19. 4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends. --Milton. 5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.] She ferde [fared] as she would die. --Chaucer. \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See {Fare}, v.] 1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.] That nought might stay his fare. --Spenser. 2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway. 3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.] The warder chid and made fare. --Chaucer. 4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. What fare? what news abroad ? --Shak. 5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. ``Philosophic fare.'' --Dryden. 6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. --A. Drummond. 7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. {Bill of fare}. See under {Bill}. {Fare} {indicator or register}, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. {Fare wicket}. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. --Knight.

Fare Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fare?

[n] an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"
[n] the food and drink that are regularly consumed
[n] a paying (taxi) passenger
[n] the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
[v] eat well
[v] proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

Fare In Webster's Dictionary

\Fare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Faring}.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., &
OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries.,
Icel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. ????? a way through,
??????? a ferry, strait, ???????? to convey, ?????????? to
go, march, ????? beyond, on the other side, ????? to pass
through, L. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to
bring over. [root]78. Cf. {Chaffer}, {Emporium}, {Far},
{Ferry}, {Ford}, {Peril}, {Port} a harbor, {Pore}, n.]
1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

         So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden.
                                               --Milton.

2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good
   or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of
   events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or
   ill.

         So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.
                                               --Denham.

         I bid you most heartily well to fare. --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).

         So fared the knight between two foes. --Hudibras.

3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or
   social comforts; to live.

         There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared
         sumptuously every day.                --Luke xvi.
                                               19.

4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall
   see how it will fare with him.

         Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends.
                                               --Milton.

5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]

         She ferde [fared] as she would die.   --Chaucer.


\Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See {Fare}, v.]
1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]

         That nought might stay his fare.      --Spenser.

2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for
   conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for
   crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.

3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]

         The warder chid and made fare.        --Chaucer.

4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.

         What fare? what news abroad ?         --Shak.

5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse
   fare; delicious fare. ``Philosophic fare.'' --Dryden.

6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full
   fare of passengers. --A. Drummond.

7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

{Bill of fare}. See under {Bill}.

{Fare} {indicator or register}, a device for recording the
   number of passengers on a street car, etc.

{Fare wicket}.
   (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges,
       exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number
       of persons passing it.
   (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing
       tickets of the driver or passing fares to the
       conductor. --Knight.

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