# fare

Pronunciation: say "FAIR" US /fɛɚ/, UK /fɛə/

## Noun

1. The money paid to travel on a bus, train, taxi, or other transport.
   - Simple: Money you pay to ride a bus, train, or taxi.
   - _Passengers complained when the city raised the subway fare again._
   - _She paid the cab fare and added a generous tip._
3. Food and drink of a particular kind, or more broadly the kind of thing offered for people to consume or enjoy, such as television or film.
   - Simple: The kind of food and drink that is served, or the kind of shows and films offered to people.
   - _The inn was known for its hearty country fare._
   - _Vegetarian fare has become standard on most airline menus._
4. A passenger who pays for the ride, especially in a taxi.
   - Simple: A person who pays to ride in a taxi or other vehicle.
   - _The taxi driver waited for his last fare of the night._
   - _Two fares were waiting at the taxi stand when the cab pulled up._
7. A paying client of a prostitute. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: A person who pays a prostitute for sex.
   - _Standing on the corner, the young prostitute refused to get into the car with the aggressive fare._
   - _Working girls on that corner screened every fare carefully._

## Verb

2. To get on or turn out in a particular way, well or badly, in a situation or course of events.
   - Simple: To do well or badly, or to have things go well or badly, in a situation.
   - _How will the new employees fare in such a demanding role?_
   - _The team fared surprisingly well against stronger opponents._

## Verb

5. To travel, go on a journey, or move onward. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To travel or go on a journey.
6. To eat; to take a meal. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To eat or have a meal.
   - _Pilgrims fare on whatever the abbey can spare._
   - _The travelers fared richly at the king's table._

## Noun

8. A journey, voyage, or course of travel. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A journey or trip from one place to another.

## Origin

**Meanings 1, 3–4, 7–8** — Proto-Indo-European *per- ("a going, passage") led to Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō. Old English then had fær, meaning "journey, road," and faru, meaning "journey, companions, baggage," and these two merged into Middle English fare.
**Meanings 2, 5–6** — Proto-Indo-European *per- ("a going, passage") developed into Proto-Germanic *faraną and Proto-West Germanic *faran, then Old English faran ("to travel, journey") and Middle English faren. Related words include German fahren ("to travel"), Dutch varen ("to sail"), and Swedish fara ("to travel").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fare (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).