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Fare
WordNet
noun
(1) An agenda of things to do
"They worked rapidly down the menu of reports"
(2) The food and drink that are regularly consumed
(3) A paying (taxi) passenger
(4) The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
verb
(5) Eat well
(6) Proceed or get along
"How is she doing in her new job?"
"How are you making out in graduate school?"
"He's come a long way"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From the merger of fær (‘journey,’ ‘road’) (a neuter) + faru (‘journey,’ ‘companions,’ ‘baggage’) (feminine), both from faran (‘to journey’) < Proto-Germanic *faranan < Proto-Indo-European *por- (‘going,’ ‘passage’).
Noun
- Money paid for a transport ticket.
- A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
- Food and drink.
- Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
Etymology 2
From Old English faran (‘to journey’) < Proto-Germanic *faranan < Proto-Indo-European *por- (‘going,’ ‘passage’). Cognates include e.g. German and Swedish .