fare

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Noun

1. A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
   • thoroughfare
2. Money paid for a transport ticket.
   • train fare
   • bus fare
   • taxi fare
3. A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
4. Food and drink.
5. Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
   • The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.
   • Just another channel that offers the usual fare of makeover programs and reruns of old sitcoms.
6. A prostitute's client.

Verb

1. Used to express evaluations .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with adverbial complement]. To experience luck, fortune or treatment (of a certain kind).
   • She fared badly in the accident.
   • Did you fare well in the exam?
   • We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.
   • We shall see how it fares with him.
2. To experience luck, fortune or treatment (of a certain kind).
   • She fared badly in the accident.
   • Did you fare well in the exam?
3. To proceed or progress (in a certain way).
   • We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.
4. To happen or occur (in a certain way).
   • We shall see how it fares with him.
5. To go; to travel.
   • Behold! A knight fares forth.
6. To eat; to dine.

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