Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fare \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See {Fare}, v.]
   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.'' --Dryden.

   6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full
      fare of passengers. --A. Drummond.

   7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

   {Bill of fare}. See under {Bill}.

   {Fare} {indicator or 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. --Knight.