Fare — Defs

01 v. i. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

imp. & p. p. Fared; p. pr. & vb. n. Faring

1.
To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
“So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden.” — Milton.
2.
To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.
“So fares the stag among the enraged hounds.” — Denham.

“I bid you most heartily well to fare.” — Robynson (More's Utopia).

“So fared the knight between two foes.” — Hudibras.
3.
To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
“There was a certain rich man which . . . fared sumptuously every day.” — Luke xvi. 19.
4.
To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.
“So fares it when with truth falsehood contends.” — Milton.
5.
To behave; to conduct one's self.[Obs.]
“She ferde [fared] as she would die.” — Chaucer.

02 n. A journey; a passage.

1.
A journey; a passage.[Obs.]
“That nought might stay his fare.” — Spenser.
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.
Ado; bustle; business.[Obs.]
“The warder chid and made fare.” — Chaucer.
4.
Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
“What fare? what news abroad ?” — Shak.
5.
Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.
6.
The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
7.
The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

Phrases & compounds

Bill of fare — See under Bill.

Fare indicator — a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc.

Fare wicket — A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.