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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

fare

Does fare also mean 'ride'?
How can I say it?
The taxi fare lasted 30 minutes.

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Anonymous Does fare also mean 'ride'? No. The fare is the amount you pay the driver.

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  • Anonymous Does fare also mean 'ride'?
  • No.
  • The fare is the amount you pay the driver.
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AnonymousDoes fare also mean 'ride'?
No. The fare is the amount you pay the driver.
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So do I say taxi ride?
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Anonymous So do I say taxi ride?
Sure.
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Could you tell me, since 'fare' is the money paid, does it make sense to use it like this?
Is it correct to use fare like this? If 'fare' means 'money' and you substitute it, it doesn't sound right.

Any fare [=money] in the city is a dollar whereas the fare [=money] to the airport is $100. You can do 10 fares in the city for a tenth of the price of the airport fare; a tenth of the pr
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Fare does not mean money. It means the price you must pay for the journey.
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Agreed, but taxi-drivers in many cities also refer to a customer as "a fare".
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wilpeterAgreed, but taxi-drivers in many cities also refer to a customer as "a fare".
But the poster was asking about the money paid to the driver for a taxi ride, not about a paying passenger in the taxi.
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