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fare  (fâr)
intr.v. fared, far·ing, fares
1. To get along: How are you faring with your project?
2. To go or happen: How does it fare with you?
3. To travel; go.
4. To dine; eat.
n.
1. A transportation charge, as for a bus.
2. A passenger transported for a fee.
3. Food and drink; diet: simple home-cooked fare.

[Middle English faren, from Old English faran; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]

farer n.

fare
Noun
1. the amount charged or paid for a journey in a bus, train, or plane
2. a paying passenger
3. a range of food and drink: marvellous picnic fare
Verb
[faring, fared]
to get on (in a specified way): he fared well in the exam [Old English faran]

Fare a company ready to travel, 1562; a troop; a multitude or swarm; a catch of fish; a load of animals, 1600; the cargo of a vessel, 1884.
Examples: fare of fish; of flatterers, 1634; of flies; of fools and cheaters; of pigs [‘a litter’]; of travellers, 1562.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.farefare - an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"
agenda, schedule, docket - a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
2.farefare - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"
airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane
bus fare, carfare - the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar
cab fare, taxi fare - the fare charged for riding in a taxicab
train fare - the fare charged for traveling by train
3.farefare - a paying (taxi) passenger
passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
4.farefare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
diet - the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
diet - a prescribed selection of foods
dietary - a regulated daily food allowance
menu - the dishes making up a meal
chuck, eats, grub, chow - informal terms for a meal
board, table - food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
ration - the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced"
Verb1.fare - 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"
proceed, go - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
2.farefare - eat well
eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

fare
noun 1. charge, price, ticket price, transport cost, ticket money, passage money
noun 2. food, meals, diet, provisions, board, commons, table, feed, menu, rations, tack (informal) kai N.Z. (informal) nourishment, sustenance, victuals, nosebag (slang) nutriment, vittles (obsolete), (dialect) eatables
noun 3. passenger, customer, pick-up (informal) traveller
verb 5. (used impersonally) happen, go, turn out, proceed, pan out (informal)
Translations
Spanish fare [fɛəʳ] n (on trains, buses) → precio (del billete);
(in taxi) (= cost); tarifa: (= passenger); pasajero (= food); comida;
half/full fare → medio billete m/billete m completo

French fare [fɛəʳ] n (on trains, buses) → prix m du billet;
(in taxi) → prix de la course (= passenger in taxi); client m (= food); table f, chère f
vise débrouiller;
half fare → demi-tarif;
full fare → plein tarif

German fare [fɛəʳ] nFahrpreis m;
(money) → Fahrgeld nt;
(passenger) → Fahrgast m;
(food) → Kost f
vi he fared well/badly → es ging ihm gut/schlecht;
half/full fare → halber/voller Fahrpreis;
how did you fare? → wie ist es Ihnen ergangen?;
they fared badly in the recent elections → sie haben bei den letzten Wahlen schlecht abgeschnitten

Italian fare [fɛəʳ] n (on trains, buses) → tariffa;
(in taxi) → prezzo della corsa (= food); vitto, cibo
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The introduction to the work, or bill of fare to the feast.
Instantly flinging a fresh cloth over the round table under the bronze chandelier, though it already had a table cloth on it, he pushed up velvet chairs, and came to a standstill before Stepan Arkadyevitch with a napkin and a bill of fare in his hands, awaiting his commands.
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