noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfɛə/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈfɛə̯]
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈfɛː]
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈfɛː/
British, Southern, Standard:[ˈfɛː]
Australian:/ˈfeː/
Australian:[ˈfeː]
/ˈfeə/without the cheer–chair merger
[ˈfe̝ə]without the cheer–chair merger
/ˈfiə/cheer–chair merger
[ˈfiə]cheer–chair merger
/ˈfɜː(ɹ)/Lancashire, fair–fur merger
[ˈfɜː(ɹ)]Lancashire, fair–fur merger
Canada, General-American:/ˈfɛɚ/
Canada, General-American:[ˈfɛɚ] ~ [ˈfɛɹ̩]
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Scotland:/ˈfeɾ/
Scotland:[ˈfe(ː)ɾ]
rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: fair
homophone: fear (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: fir
homophone: fur (both fair–fur merger)
CMU ARPABET:F EH1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
thoroughfare
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fare, journey, sith, trip
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Money paid for a transport ticket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
train fare
bus fare
taxi fare
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transportation
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Food and drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.
Just another channel that offers the usual fare of makeover programs and reruns of old sitcoms.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A prostitute's client.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, slang
Qualifier: crime
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passenger, rider
15
noun
Meaning 15
the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transportation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: charge
Narrower terms: airfare, bus fare, carfare, cab fare, taxi fare, train fare
16
verb
Meaning 16
eat well
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eat
17
verb
Meaning 17
proceed or get along
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
How is she doing in her new job?
How are you making out in graduate school?
He's come a long way
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: do, make out, come, get along
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: proceed, go
History
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”).
From Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”). Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).
Across languages
Translations
143 source translations are retained for this English entry.
German:
Reise
— voyage
Russian:
пое́здка
(pojézdka)
— voyage
Russian:
путеше́ствие
(putešéstvije)
— voyage
Arabic:
أُجْرَة
(ʔujra)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Arabic:
تَوْصِيلَة
(tawṣīla)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Azerbaijani:
gediş haqqı
— money paid for a transport ticket
Central Bikol:
pliti
— money paid for a transport ticket
Bulgarian:
цена́ на биле́т
(cená na bilét)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Catalan:
tarifa
— money paid for a transport ticket
Chinese Mandarin:
車費 /车费
(chēfèi)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Czech:
jízdné
— money paid for a transport ticket
Danish:
billetpris
— money paid for a transport ticket
Dutch:
veergeld
— money paid for a transport ticket
Dutch:
veerloon
— money paid for a transport ticket
Dutch:
vervoersprijs
— money paid for a transport ticket
Finnish:
ajomaksu
— money paid for a transport ticket
Finnish:
matkalipun hinta
— money paid for a transport ticket
French:
tarif
— money paid for a transport ticket
French:
prix
— money paid for a transport ticket
Galician:
tarifa
— money paid for a transport ticket
German:
Fahrpreis
— money paid for a transport ticket
German:
Fahrgebühr
— money paid for a transport ticket
German:
Fracht
— money paid for a transport ticket
Greek:
ναύλα
(návla)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Ancient Greek:
ναῦλος
(naûlos)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Hebrew:
דמי נסיעה
(dmey nesiá)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Hebrew:
תעריף
(taaríf)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Hindi:
किराया
(kirāyā)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Italian:
tariffa
— money paid for a transport ticket
Italian:
prezzo
— money paid for a transport ticket
Japanese:
料金
(ryōkin)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Japanese:
運賃
(unchin)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Khmer:
តម្លៃ
(tɑmlay)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Korean:
요금
(yogeum)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Korean:
료금
(ryogeum)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Korean:
운임
(unim)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Lao:
ຄ່າລົດ
(khā lot)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Lao:
ຄ່າໂດຍສານ
(khā dōi sān)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Latin:
naulum
— money paid for a transport ticket
Malay:
tambang
— money paid for a transport ticket
Norwegian Bokmål:
billettpris
— money paid for a transport ticket
Iranian Persian:
کِرایِه
(kerâye)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Portuguese:
tarifa
— money paid for a transport ticket
Rohingya:
keriya
— money paid for a transport ticket
Romanian:
tarif
— money paid for a transport ticket
Romanian:
bilet
— money paid for a transport ticket
Russian:
пла́та за прое́зд
(pláta za projézd)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Russian:
цена́ биле́та
(cená biléta)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Spanish:
pasaje
— money paid for a transport ticket
Swedish:
taxa
— money paid for a transport ticket
Swedish:
biljettpris
— money paid for a transport ticket
Swedish:
tariff
— money paid for a transport ticket
Tagalog:
pasahe
— money paid for a transport ticket
Tagalog:
bigay-ahon
— money paid for a transport ticket
Thai:
ค่าโดยสาร
(kâa-dooi-sǎan)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Turkish:
ücret
— money paid for a transport ticket
Urdu:
کِرایَہ
(kirāya)
— money paid for a transport ticket
Vietnamese:
tiền xe
— money paid for a transport ticket
Vietnamese:
tiền đò
— money paid for a transport ticket
Vietnamese:
tiền phà
— money paid for a transport ticket
Waray-Waray:
pasahi
— money paid for a transport ticket
Zazaki:
heq
— money paid for a transport ticket
Zazaki:
tarife
— money paid for a transport ticket