Travel / A2

FAIR/feə/

A fare is the money you pay to travel: a bus fare, the train fare, a cheap fare, pay the fare. Price is more general (the price of a coat). A ticket is the paper or code you show; the fare is what it costs. Taxi fare is what the meter shows. Do not mix with fair (just, or a fun event) — same sound, different spelling.

Meaning

The money you pay to travel by bus, train, taxi, or plane.

Examples

• “The bus fare into town is two pounds.”
• “The return fare to Manchester is cheaper after nine.”
• “Ask at the window how much the fare is.”

Good to know

a bus/train/taxi fare. Contrast: ticket (what you show), fair (just / a fête).

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