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carfare

carfare

2 7.1
Money you pay to ride a bus or tram
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːrˌfɛr/
  • Archaic
translation icon : tarifa de autobús
  • You didn't leave me any money for carfare or lunch!
  • pay the carfare
  • save on carfare
  • money for carfare

Examples

  • Then, too, his mother had died recently in Tennessee, and he was not able to go home for the funeral due to lack of carfare.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Be sure and take a nickel with you when you go out tonight for carfare home.

  • I suppose you need carfare?

  • "Mama, can we have some money for carfare?"

    Academic text (2007)
  • "Yes, the teacher is taking us to the Museum of Natural History, and each one is supposed to provide his own carfare."

    Academic text (2007)
  • Many of the tickets were secured at a discount, making the average cost to each girl one dollar and carfare.

    Academic text (1995)
  • What it cost to go to a game back then, even adjusting for inflation and including carfare, wouldn't buy a hot dog today.

    Blog text (18)
  • I paid my carfare before getting on the bus to ensure I had a seat.

  • She asked her parents for extra carfare to visit her friend across town.

  • With her savings, she could cover her carfare to the concert without a problem.

Synonyms

fare
vscarfare
122 1.0

Money paid to travel on a bus, train, or taxi

is limited to charges for riding buses and streetcars only
bus fare
vscarfare
13 1.0

The money you pay to ride a bus

is the general transport charge covering buses trains or taxis

How Expensive

peak season
3 2.9
premium
74 4.3
carfare
  • Archaic
2 7.1

Surface Forms

carfare singular
carfares plural

Morphology

carfare = car + fare (semi-transparent) = car + fare

Components 'car' + 'fare' are recognisable, but here 'car' refers specifically to a streetcar/public-transport vehicle, which may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

The word carfare is made from car, meaning a vehicle, and fare, the 'price for travel', so it simply means the money you pay to ride a bus or streetcar.