fare
/ˈfeː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.94 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "thoroughfare"
- "train fare"
- "bus fare"
- "taxi fare"
- "“[…] 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.”"
- "Bell pushes labelled "Steward" proved to be more than ornamental, even though gassy mineral waters may not be the ideal fare for a narrow-gauge journey."
Etymology
From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, passage”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfeː/
- British English: /ˈfɛə/