fare
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- pronunciation:
- feIr
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Homophone Note, Word History
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noun |
| definition: |
the price paid to ride on a bus, train, taxi, or airplane.
The bus fare is only fifty cents for children.- similar words:
- charge, cost, fee, passenger, payment, price
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| related words: |
admission, diet, dish |
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| derivation: |
farer (n.) |
Are you looking for the word
fair?
Fare and
fair sound alike but have different meanings.
Fare comes from an Old English word that means "a journey."