Definitions for the word "fare" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
To behave; to conduct one's self.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v.
A journey; a passage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
Ado; bustle; business.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v.
Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v.
The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v.
The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
1 a price of a journey on public transport. B fare-paying passenger. 2 range of food. v. (-ring) progress; get on (how did you fare?). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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