carfare

English

Etymology

From car +‎ fare.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

carfare (countable and uncountable, plural carfares)

1. (US, dated) The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
   • 1971, Woody Allen, Getting Even:

     Last year, organized crime was directly responsible for more than one hundred murders, and mafiosi participated indirectly in several hundred more, either by lending the killers carfare or by holding their coats.

   • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, A Poor Wise Man:

     Anyhow, I'll have to keep out lunch money and carfare, and so will Edith.

Translations

the passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus

• Czech: jízdné (cs) n
• Finnish: bussimaksu (bus); raitiovaunumaksu, ratikkamaksu (street car); ajomaksu (general)

Anagrams

• Carfrae