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 Fare n.
 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. “Philosophic 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.
 Bill of fare. See under Bill.
 Fare indicator or Fare 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.
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