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fares

UK/fɛəz/US/fɛɹz/

fares is the plural of fare.

Meaning of fare

Noun

fare (countable and uncountable, plural fares)

  1. (obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
    • thoroughfare
    Synonyms:
    journey, sith, trip
  2. (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
    • train fare
    Synonyms:
    transportation
  3. (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  4. (uncountable) Food and drink.
    • “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  5. (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
    • The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.
  6. (UK, countable, slang, crime) A prostitute's client.

See all 11 meanings of fare

Proper noun capitalized: Fares

Fares

  1. The name of two separate resort islands of Baa and Laamu, Maldives.

Phrases with fares

Words that rhyme with fares

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Questions about fares

What does fares mean?
Fares means the name of two separate resort islands of Baa and Laamu, Maldives.
What is fares the plural of?
Fares is the plural of fare.
What part of speech is fares?
Fares is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fares?
Fares is pronounced /fɛəz/ (UK).

Words near fares in the dictionary

  1. Farehulhehdhoo
  2. farepayer
  3. farepayers
  4. farer
  5. farers
  6. fares
  7. Farese
  8. Fareses
  9. Faresmaathodaa
  10. farest
  11. fareth

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