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Fare   /fɛr/   Listen
noun
Fare  n.  
1.
A journey; a passage. (Obs.) "That nought might stay his fare."
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."
4.
Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. "What fare? what news abroad?"
5.
Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. "Philosophic fare."
6.
The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
7.
The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
Bill of fare. See under Bill.
Fare indicator or Fare 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.


verb
Fare  v. i.  (past & past part. fared; pres. part. faring)  
1.
To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. "So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden."
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." "I bid you most heartily well to fare." "So fared the knight between two foes."
3.
To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live. "There was a certain rich man which... fared sumptuously every day."
4.
To happen well, or ill; used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him. "So fares it when with truth falsehood contends."
5.
To behave; to conduct one's self. (Obs.) "She ferde (fared) as she would die."





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"Fare" Quotes from Famous Books



... to call himself, walked from Lisford to Shorncliffe. He was a very good walker, and, indeed, had become pretty well used to pedestrian exercise in the course of long weary trampings from one racecourse to another, when he was so far down on his luck as to be unable to pay his railway fare. The frost had set in for the first time this year; so the roads were dry and hard once more, and the sound of horses' hoofs and rolling wheels, the jingling of bells, the occasional barking of a noisy sheep-dog, and sturdy labourers' voices calling to each other on ...
— Henry Dunbar - A Novel • M. E. Braddon
... sure I shall not forget it. Tom came in last night, Roger. He and Tabitha and the childre, said he, fare well." ...
— All's Well - Alice's Victory • Emily Sarah Holt
... a summer camper spare them, it is because of his interest in the young, and especially because of the mother bird's devotion. When the recreant drake is met with, however, he goes promptly onto the bill of fare, with other good things. ...
— Ways of Wood Folk • William J. Long
... all-powerful:— "Thou didst not sin so grievously as when Thou madest protest in Achaian land That on far journeyings thou couldst not go, Nor come unto the town, accomplishing Thy way within three days, the time ordained, 930 As o'er the struggling waves I bade thee fare. Thou knowest better now that easily I can advance and further any man Who is My friend whithersoe'er I will. Quickly arise, and straightway learn My will, Man highly blessed; so shall the Father bright Adorn thee with His wondrous gifts, with strength And wisdom unto all ...
— Andreas: The Legend of St. Andrew • Unknown
... minnow seine, with which they could doubtless secure plenty of live bait. Then from selected positions along the bank they meant to cast their lines out, hoping to land a few finny prizes that would vary the bill of fare for supper. ...
— Chums of the Camp Fire • Lawrence J. Leslie


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