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# fare

«fare» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the money you pay to travel on a bus, train, plane, taxi…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fare is the money you pay to travel on a bus, train, plane, taxi or boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fare/#m2)

3) Fare is food, especially a kind of food: «simple country fare». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fare/#m3)

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

- [And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.917/)
- [He writes on the back of an envelope: food £45, bus fares £20, power £15.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/4/)
- [You have the fare, a travel card or a contactless card ready before getting on, to keep the line moving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/9/)
- [Have your fare, travel card or contactless card ready before getting on the bus to keep the line moving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/12/)
- [Have the fare, a travel card or a contactless card ready before getting on the bus; it keeps the line moving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.