cab fare
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1.8
- noun
- /kæb fɛr/
:
tarifa de taxi
- Or I could give you cab fare.
- pay the cab fare
- need cab fare
- money for cab fare
Examples
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Look, I gotta borrow a few bucks for cab fare.
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I didn't have enough money for cab fare!
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Just make me enough for a cab fare, all right?
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I got a little cab fare.
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You gotta have the cab fare.
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Could I have some cab fare, please?
Fiction book (1996) -
I'll give you money for cab fare and a meal.
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I didn't bring enough money for cab fare.
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I paid the gent's cab fare.
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I didn't have enough money for cab fare to get home.
Synonyms
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1.5
The money you pay for a taxi ride
How Expensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents directly contribute to the meaning: 'cab' names the vehicle for hire and 'fare' names the monetary charge, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'cab fare' as the cost of a taxi ride. This is a productive, compositional noun+noun combination that follows common cross-linguistic patterns for naming transport charges, making it immediately understandable.
Etymology
Cab fare comes from old hired carriages called a cab and the word fare for the money you pay to travel. So cab fare means 'the amount of money charged for a taxi ride'.