fare
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Money paid for a transport ticket.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
fehrIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɛɹ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
countable
Money paid for a transport ticket.
countable
A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
The food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
uncountable
Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
verb
Proceed or get along
intransitive
To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
Eat well
intransitive
To move along; proceed; progress; advance
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Money paid for a transport ticket.
Used this way, fare is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use fare
- “We shall see how it will fare with him.”verb
- “We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.”verb
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance.
A section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same.
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