carfare
carfare noun: the passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
Noun
carfare (countable and uncountable, plural carfares)
- The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
- Last year, organized crime was directly responsible for more than one hundred murders, and mafiosi participated indirectly in several hundred more, either by lending the killers carfare or by holding their coats.1971, Woody Allen, Getting Even
- Anyhow, I'll have to keep out lunch money and carfare, and so will Edith.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, A Poor Wise Man
Forms of carfare
| plural | carfares |
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Origin of carfare
From car + fare.
Questions about carfare
- What does carfare mean?
- Carfare means the passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
- What part of speech is carfare?
- Carfare is a noun.
- What is the plural of carfare?
- The plural of carfare is carfares.
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