(n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.
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Fare
Definition:
(n.) To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.
(n.) To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.
(n.) To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.
(n.) To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.
(n.) To behave; to conduct one's self.
(v.) A journey; a passage.
(v.) 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.
(v.) Ado; bustle; business.
(v.) Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
(v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare.
(v.) The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
(v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Head chef Christopher Gould (a UK Masterchef quarter-finalist) puts his own stamp on traditional Spanish fare with the likes of mushroom-and-truffle croquettes and suckling Málaga goat with couscous.
(2) The female survival figures were better than the male, and older patients fared far worse then younger ones.
(3) One problem is that it seems fares are going up several times a year.
(4) Yet it appears that younger patients fared better than older ones.
(5) Mary Creagh, the shadow transport secretary, said: "Over the last three years David Cameron has failed to stand up for working people, allowing train companies to hit passengers with inflation-busting fare rises of up to 9%.
(6) We’re meant to get into a choreographed huff about train fares.
(7) Train companies are making passengers pay disproportionate penalties for having the wrong ticket and criminalising people who have no intention of dodging fares, a government watchdog has warned.
(8) But many customers have been impressed by the speed of the technology and cheapness of the fares, and the company’s valuation continues to rise.
(9) Those patients who were treated seemed to fare better than those not treated.
(10) "The soaring cost of air travel will ultimately be a small factor in increased rail fares, as the ONS said plane tickets pushed the inflation index higher.
(11) Anthony Smith, Passenger Focus chief executive, said: "These fare increases were being sought by a company that was in a very different financial position.
(12) This week, East Midlands Trains more than doubled the cost of some peak-time trains to London, arguing those fares were too cheap.
(13) A survey of radiologic technologists in North Carolina shows that, in general, technologists fare better economically when working in hospitals than in radiologists' offices.
(14) The patients on active drug fared no better than those on placebo.
(15) Buy carnet tickets Carnets were introduced by First Capital Connect to offer slightly lower fares to those who travel into London two or three times a week, but not enough to make it cost-effective to buy a season ticket.
(16) For those making an early getaway, air fares were up by 7% and boat journeys went up 5.2%.
(17) Val Shawcross, Labour's transport spokeswoman on the London assembly, said the anticipated loss of revenue almost matched the £60m the mayor, who chairs Transport for London, had raised by increasing bus fares in the capital.
(18) In Spain the government is taking the drastic step of cutting speed limits on motorways and cutting train fares , as the unrest in Libya threatens the country's oil supplies.
(19) Gene frequencies were compared with previous data and all European populations studied so fare agreed with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
(20) He says he missed the appointment because he did not have enough money for the bus fare.