FARE

Definitions

1. 1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.] That nought might stay his fare. Spenser.
2. 2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.
3. 3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.] The warder chid and made fare. Chaucer.
4. 4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer. What fare what news abroad Shak.
5. 5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. "Philosophic fare." Dryden.
6. 6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. A. Drummond.
7. 7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. Bill of fare. See under Bill. -- Fare indicator or register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. -- Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. Knight.