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.
Phrases and idioms:
fare-stage Brit.
1. a section of a bus etc. route for which a fixed fare is charged.
2 a stop marking this.
Etymology: OE f{aelig}r, faru journeying, faran (v.), f. Gmc