fare

/fɛɚ/

UK: /fɛə/

fare

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Definition

A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.

Etymology

From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).

Example Sentences

  • "thoroughfare"
  • "train fare"
  • "bus fare"
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