fare

Everyday

1. A fare is the money you pay to travel on a bus, train, plane, taxi or boat. tree →
2. To fare means to do or get on in a certain way: «How did you fare in the test?» tree →
3. Fare is food, especially a kind of food: «simple country fare». tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life you pay a bus fare or a train fare, and children often pay a cheaper child fare. In maths problems, fares are prices to add, multiply or compare: «A return fare costs …». In stories «fare» can mean how characters got on. Phrases: «bus fare», «train fare», «child fare», «return fare», «single fare», «half fare», «fare well».

Examples

• How much is the bus fare to town? tree →
• Children travel at half fare. tree →
• Dad paid the taxi fare. tree →
• A return fare is cheaper than two singles. tree →
• How did you fare in your swimming test? tree →
• The café served simple, tasty fare. tree →
• Train fares go up every year. tree →
• If one fare is $2, four fares cost $8. tree →
• "Here is excellent fare!" said the sparrow. tree →

Note

Homophones: «fare» (travel money) and «fair» (just; light-coloured; a funfair). «Farewell» means goodbye. Maths: a «return» fare covers there and back; a «single» (UK) or «one-way» (US) fare covers one way only.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life you pay a bus fare or a train fare, and children often pay a cheaper child fare. In maths problems, fares are prices to add, multiply or compare: «A return fare costs …». In stories «fare» can mean how characters got on. Phrases: «bus fare», «train fare», «child fare», «return fare», «single fare», «half fare», «fare well».

Note

Homophones: «fare» (travel money) and «fair» (just; light-coloured; a funfair). «Farewell» means goodbye. Maths: a «return» fare covers there and back; a «single» (UK) or «one-way» (US) fare covers one way only.