fare

The money you pay to travel by bus, train, taxi, or plane.

• The bus fare is two pounds.
• Air fares usually rise during school holidays.
• Have you paid your fare?

Similar words: ticket price, travel charge

Common phrases: bus fare, taxi fare, return fare, pay the fare

Food or entertainment offered for people to enjoy.

• The café serves simple fare.
• The channel offers light comedy and other family fare.
• We enjoyed traditional fare at a small village restaurant.

Similar words: food, offerings

Common phrases: traditional fare, simple fare, television fare, family fare

A passenger who pays for a journey, especially in a taxi.

• The driver picked up a fare.
• His last fare left a generous tip.
• Taxis waited outside the station for fares.

Similar words: paying passenger, customer

Common phrases: a paying fare, next fare, waiting fare

To have a particular result or experience in a situation, whether good or bad.

• How did you fare in the exam?
• Our team fared better than expected.
• People without insurance often fare badly when they need expensive treatment.

How to use it: fare well/badly in something (Small shops fared badly in the economic crisis.)

Similar words: do, get on

Common phrases: fare well, fare badly, fare better

To develop or move forward in a particular way.

• How is the project faring?
• The campaign fared well during its first month.
• We checked how the recovery plan was faring.

Similar words: progress, proceed

Common phrases: fare well, fare poorly, fare better