fare

Meaning

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To go, travel.
2. (intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To eat, dine.
4. (impersonal, intransitive) To happen well, or ill.
5. (intransitive) To move along; proceed; progress; advance

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
2. (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
3. (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
4. (uncountable) Food and drink.
5. (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
6. (UK, countable, slang) A prostitute's client.

Synonyms

food

🍽️

charge

fee

diet

travel

freight

aliment

rate

do

nourishment

charges

traveler

passage

passenger

menu

hire

go

nutrition

sustenance

rent

ride

price

cost

get along

rider

wend

be

wages

travelling expense

transportation

tariff

get on

tax

freight rates

advance

nutriment

peregrinate

feed

meal

expense

excise

come

happen

journey

drive

grub

make out

roam

dish

chow

Translations

tariffa

Fahrpreis

cibo

🍽️

aller

tarifa

tarif

Kost

🍽️

vitto

Fahrgeld

kost

gesteld zijn

voedsel

🍽️

prix

ναύλος

nourriture

🍽️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: faren

Inherited from Old English: faran

Cognate with Western Frisian: farre

Cognate with Dutch: varen

Cognate with German: fahren

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: fare

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: -

Cognate with Icelandic: fara

Cognate with Swedish: fara

In summary

From Middle English faren, from Old English faran (“to travel, journey”), from Proto-West Germanic *faran, from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).
Cognate with West Frisian farre, Dutch varen (“to sail”), German fahren (“to travel”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål fare, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).