I.
noun
1 money paid to travel by bus, taxi, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ expensive , high
▪ cheap , low
▪ adult ( esp. BrE ), full , normal , standard ( BrE )
▪ child's ( esp. BrE ), concessionary ( BrE ), discounted , half ( esp. BrE ), reduced
▪ last-minute , sale , walk-up (all AmE )
▪ one-way ( esp. AmE ), single ( BrE )
▪ return ( BrE ), round-trip ( AmE )
▪ first-class , second-class
▪ coach (= cheapest seats on a plane) ( AmE )
▪ air , bus , cab , coach (= bus) ( BrE ), ferry ( esp. BrE ), rail ( esp. BrE ), subway ( AmE ), taxi , train , tube ( BrE )
VERB + FARE
▪ pay
▪
I'm afraid you will have to pay the full ~.
▪ charge
▪
Buses charged a standard ~ of about 20 pence per mile.
▪ increase , put up ( BrE ), raise
▪ cut , lower , reduce , slash
▪
air ~s slashed by a massive 30%
▪ introduce , offer
▪
The airline has introduced a cheap ~ to New York.
▪ dodge ( BrE )
▪
They caught him trying to dodge bus ~s.
FARE + VERB
▪ cost (sb) sth
▪
The ~ will cost you less if you travel midweek.
▪ start at sth , start from sth
▪
Last-minute ~s start at $219 each way.
▪ range from sth to sth
▪
Round-trip ~s range from $118 to $258.
▪ go up , increase , rise
FARE + NOUN
▪ hike ( esp. AmE ), increase , rise ( BrE )
▪ structure
▪
a simplified ~ structure
PREPOSITION
▪ at … ~
▪
Children travel at half ~. ( esp. BrE )
PHRASES
▪ an increase in ~s , a rise in ~s ( esp. BrE )
▪ a reduction in ~s
▪
The company promised reductions in ~s.
2 passenger in a taxi
VERB + FARE
▪ pick up
▪
The taxi driver picked up a ~ outside the opera house.
3 food; material for listening to, reading, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ gourmet , rich
▪ plain , simple
▪ hearty , light ( esp. AmE )
▪ healthy , wholesome ( esp. BrE )
▪ local
▪ vegetarian
▪ English , Italian , Mexican , etc.
▪ Christmas
▪ average , daily , normal , regular ( esp. AmE ), standard , staple , traditional , typical , usual
▪
Trials involving celebrities are the daily ~ of newspapers.
▪
The band's music was standard rock ~.
▪ family
▪
This movie is perfect family ~.
▪ television , TV
VERB + FARE
▪ offer , serve
▪
a restaurant serving traditional Scottish ~
▪ sample
▪
tourists seeing the sights and sampling the local Mexican ~
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ badly , poorly , well
▪
She should ~ better in this competition.
▪
This movie ~d poorly at the British box office.
▪
He ~d well against his main rival.