Definition of FARE

fare

Meanings

Plural: fares

Noun

  • an agenda of things to do
  • the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
  • a paying (taxi) passenger
  • the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
  • A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
  • Money paid for a transport ticket.
  • A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  • Food and drink.
  • Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
  • A prostitute's client.

Verb

  • proceed or get along
  • eat well
  • To go, travel.
  • To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
  • To eat, dine.
  • To happen well, or ill.
  • To move along; proceed; progress; advance

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

all-nighter, come, curb crawler, do, fare, get along, gonk, jane, Jane, jockey, john, journey, kerb crawler, make out, menu, monger, muttonmonger, punter, score, short-timer, sith, steamer, transportation, trick, trip, wapping cove, whoremaster, whoremonger

Scrabble Score: 7

fare is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fare is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fare is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

fare is a valid Words With Friends word