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Another word for fare

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Verb

  1. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances

    Idioms:
    See also:

    thrive

  2. To move along a particular course

    Idioms:
    See also:

    move

  3. To take (food) into the body as nourishment

    Idioms:
    See also:

    ingestion

Noun

  1. Something fit to be eaten

    See also:

    ingestion

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Another word for fare

Noun

  1. A fee paid, usually for transportation

      1. The act of admitting or allowing to enter:
      2. The right to enter or be accepted:
      3. The price required or paid for entering; an entrance fee.
      1. Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign:
      2. Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity:
      3. A specific instance of a phenomenon or a class of things, as of a linguistic feature in a sample of a person's speech, that can be isolated for study or analysis.
      1. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee.
      1. A round bullet larger than buckshot.
      2. A shot of liquor.
      3. An amount of liquid, especially liquor, that is swallowed in one gulp; a swig.
      1. The act or an instance of transporting.
      2. The state of being transported.
      3. A means of conveyance:
      1. Something spent to attain a goal or accomplish a purpose:
      2. A loss for the sake of something gained; a sacrifice:
      3. An expenditure of money; a cost:
      1. A list or system of duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.
      2. A duty or duties so imposed.
      3. A schedule of prices or fees.
      1. A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.
      2. An e-book or other electronic resource structured like a book.
      3. A printed or written literary work:
      1. A fixed charge or tax for a privilege, especially for passage across a bridge or along a road.
      2. A charge for a service, such as a telephone call to another country.
      3. An amount or extent of loss or destruction, as of life, health, or property:
      1. The fare charged a passenger, as on a streetcar or bus.
      1. Movement from one place to another:
      2. The process of elapsing:
      3. The process of changing from one condition or stage to another; transition:
      1. To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on:
      2. To instruct or urge authoritatively; command:
      3. To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
      1. A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration:
      2. An e-ticket.
      3. A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.

  2. One who pays a fare

      1. One that resides in or uses a physical space:
      2. One who holds an office, position, or job:
      1. One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor:
      2. A customer, especially a regular customer.
      3. The owner or manager of an establishment, especially a restaurant or an inn of France or Spain.
      1. One that rides, especially one who rides horses.
      2. An unrelated provision added to a legislative bill as a means of trying to get the provision adopted along with the bill or to hamper the passage of the bill.
      3. An amendment or addition annexed to a document, of which it is considered to be a part.
      1. A person who travels in a conveyance, such as a car or train, without participating in its operation.
      2. A person who participates only passively in an activity.
      3. A wayfarer or traveler.
    See also:

    passenger

    buyer

  3. Served food

    See also:

    food

    food

Verb
  1. See also:

    happen

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Sentence Examples

  • Clothes don't fare very well through the transformation.

  • "How do you fare, nishani?" he asked.

  • Mary fled 60 miles from the field of her last battle before she halted at Sanquhar, and for three days of flight, according to her own account, had to sleep on the hard ground, live on oatmeal and sour milk, and fare at night like the owls, in hunger, cold and fear.

  • The distance is thirty miles; the fare ninety cents.

  • In 1907 there was a serious clash between the state authorities and the Federal judiciary, arising from an act of the legislature of that year which fixed the maximum railway fare at 21 cents a mile and imposed enormous fines for .its violation.

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