n. & v.
n. 1 a the price a passenger has to pay to be conveyed by bus, train, etc. b a passenger paying to travel in a public vehicle. 2 a range of food provided by a restaurant etc.
v.intr. literary 1 progress; get on (how did you fare?). 2 happen; turn out. 3 journey, go, travel. fare-stage Brit. 1 a section of a bus etc. route for which a fixed fare is charged. 2 a stop marking this.
[ OE fr, faru journeying, faran (v.), f. Gmc ]