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the price paid to travel by plane, train etc:
• With cheaper air fares, travelers have more vacation choices.
• South Yorkshire's low bus fares are persuading drivers to leave their cars at home.
• Children under 14 travel half fare.
• Only half of the passengers had paid full fare.
ˌadvance ˈpurchase fare also ˈapex fare TRAVELa cheap plane or train fare that must be bought a particular number of days before you travel:• These bargain advance purchase fares require you to have a Saturday-night stayover.
• new all-year-round low apex fares
ˈbusiness ˌclass ˌfare TRAVELa fare designed for business people that can be exchanged, Cancelled etc without charge:• British Airways is undercutting rival business class fares by up to 40%.
ˈcoach fare TRAVELa standard air fare that costs less than the first class fare but is more expensive than the cheapest fares:• Most business fliers travel on full coach fares that are readily acceptable for travel on any available flight.
ˈexcess ˌfare TRAVEL1. an amount of money a passenger has to pay if they want to change from a lower class of seat to a higher one on a train, plane etc2. an amount of money a passenger has to pay when they do not have the right ticket for their tripˈfirst-class ˌfare TRAVELa plane or train fare with the best seats, meals etc:• Profit margins on first-class fares are often 10 times greater than they are in economy class.
off-ˈpeak ˌfare TRAVELa fare at a time of the day, week, or year when not many people travel:• The limits on fare increases apply to most rush-hour commuter fares, but not to off-peak fares.
ˌone-way ˈfare TRAVELa fare for travel to a place, but not back again; = single fare Bre:• Continental Airlines has announced new one-way fares from the US to Europe.
ˌopen-ˈjaw ˌfare TRAVELa fare for travel to a place and travel back from a different place, the passenger making other travel arrangements between the two placesˈpeak fare TRAVELa fare at a time of the day, week, or year when a lot of people travel:• Peak fares are available noon Thursday through noon Monday.
ˈpeak ˌseason ˈfare TRAVELa fare at a time of the year when a lot of people travel:• KLM announced sharply lower peak season fares to the US from Amsterdam.
reˈturn fare BrE= , ˈround-trip fare TRAVELa fare for travel to a place and back again:• I agreed to take the job in London as long as I was given the return fare.
• US Airlines cut round-trip fares for Thanksgiving holiday travel.
ˈsingle fare TRAVELa fare for travel to a place but not back again; = ONE-WAY FARE:• Virgin is offering return tickets to New York from Heathrow for £386; the single fare is £203.
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fare UK US /feər/ noun [C] TRANSPORT► the price you pay for a trip on a bus, train, plane, etc.: »How much is the fare to Brussels?
bus/train/rail, etc. fare »Bus fares in the capital will rise from next month.
plane/air fare »Some economists say that the age of cheap air fares is over.
»The full fare can be as much as $400.
US »a one-way/round trip fare
UK »a single/return fare
Financial and business terms. 2012.
