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fare

noun (PAYMENT)
 
 
/feər/ US  /fer/

Definition

B1 [C] the money that you pay for a journey on a vehicle such as a bus or train: Train fares are going up again.Costs and expenses [C] someone who pays to be driven somewhere in a taxiTravellers and visitors
(Definition of fare noun (PAYMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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