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# fare

noun (a fare, fares); verb (fare, fares, fared, faring)

«fare» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fare is the money you pay to travel on a bus, train, plane, taxi or boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#m1)
2. To fare means to do or get on in a certain way: «How did you fare in the test?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#m2)
3. Fare is food, especially a kind of food: «simple country fare». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you pay a bus fare or a train fare, and children often pay a cheaper child fare. In maths problems, fares are prices to add, multiply or compare: «A return fare costs …». In stories «fare» can mean how characters got on. Phrases: «bus fare», «train fare», «child fare», «return fare», «single fare», «half fare», «fare well».

### Examples

- How much is the bus fare to town? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x1)
- Children travel at half fare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x2)
- Dad paid the taxi fare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x3)
- A return fare is cheaper than two singles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x4)
- How did you fare in your swimming test? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x5)
- The café served simple, tasty fare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x6)
- Train fares go up every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x7)
- If one fare is $2, four fares cost $8. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x8)
- "Here is excellent fare!" said the sparrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/#x9)

### Note

Homophones: «fare» (travel money) and «fair» (just; light-coloured; a funfair). «Farewell» means goodbye. Maths: a «return» fare covers there and back; a «single» (UK) or «one-way» (US) fare covers one way only.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life you pay a bus fare or a train fare, and children often pay a cheaper child fare. In maths problems, fares are prices to add, multiply or compare: «A return fare costs …». In stories «fare» can mean how characters got on. Phrases: «bus fare», «train fare», «child fare», «return fare», «single fare», «half fare», «fare well».

### Note

Homophones: «fare» (travel money) and «fair» (just; light-coloured; a funfair). «Farewell» means goodbye. Maths: a «return» fare covers there and back; a «single» (UK) or «one-way» (US) fare covers one way only.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fare.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fare» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fare» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fare.html) on Mova free.