fare

(fâr)
intr.v., fared, far·ing, fares.

1. To get along: How are you faring with your project?
2. To go or happen: How does it fare with you?
3. To travel; go.
4. To dine; eat.

n.

1. A transportation charge, as for a bus.
2. A passenger transported for a fee.
3. Food and drink; diet: simple home-cooked fare.

[Middle English faren, from Old English faran.]

farer far'er n.

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Charge for transporting a passenger.
See also coach fare.

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verb

1. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fend, get along, get by, manage, muddle through, shift. Informal make out. Idioms: make do, make shift. See thrive/fail/exist.
2. To move along a particular course: go, journey, pass, proceed, push on, remove, travel, wend. Idioms: make one's way. See move/halt.
3. To take (food) into the body as nourishment: consume, devour, eat, ingest, partake. Slang chow. Idioms: break bread, havetakea bite. See ingestion.

noun

Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.

IN BRIEF: To get along. Also: money paid for a trip.

You will have to pay the fare before you cross the bridge.

Tutor's tip: That "phare" (a lighthouse) with the gourmet restaurant may have delicious "fare" (the price of passage, food, or drink) but not at a "fair" (just or impartial) price.

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Paying a fare in a dream can reflect the price we have to pay to achieve a certain aim.

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For a list of words related to fare, see:

• Food in General - fare: food, esp. specific kind of diet or cuisine

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - billetpris, kørepenge, kost, passager
v. intr. - drage, fare, klare sig, leve

Nederlands (Dutch)
voedsel, tarief, passagier, kost (ook voor gebruik/amusement), zich redden, reizen, dineren, onthaald worden

Français (French)
n. - (Rail) prix du voyage, prix de la course (en taxi), client (d'un taxi), voyageur, chère/nourriture (sout)
v. intr. - se passer, se porter, aller bien

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fahrpreis, Fahrgeld, Fahrgast, Kost
v. - ergehen, reisen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιβατικός ναύλος, εισιτήριο, κόμιστρο (επιβάτη), τροφή, σίτιση
v. - προχωρώ, πηγαίνω, περνώ, τα πάω, πορεύομαι

Italiano (Italian)
vitto, tariffa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tarifa (f) (de ônibus, trem etc.), passageiro (m) de um táxi
v. - acontecer, comer, viajar

Русский (Russian)
плата за проезд, ездок, пассажир, пища, стол

Español (Spanish)
n. - precio del billete, del viaje o del recorrido, tarifa, pasaje, alimento, alimentos, comida, vianda
v. intr. - progresar, viajar, comer y beber

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - passageraravgift, passagerare, kosthåll
v. - klara sig, fara (illa), leva (i avseende på mat och dryck), färdas (litt. el. åld.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
费用, 食物, 旅客, 进展, 经营, 进步

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 費用, 食物, 旅客
v. intr. - 進展, 經營, 進步

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 요금, 운임
v. intr. - (음식 등을) 대접 받다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 運賃, 料金, 乗客, 出し物, 食物
v. - やっていく, 暮らす, 成り行く, 旅行する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أجرة (فعل) يرتحل , يسافر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דמי נסיעה, נוסע (במונית), סוגי מאכלים בעיקר אלה המוגשים במסעדה‬
v. intr. - ‮התקדם, הצליח, קרה, נסע‬

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