train fare

collocation in English

meaningsoftrainandfare

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train
noun
uk
/treɪn/us
/treɪn/
a railway engine connected to carriages for carrying people or to wheeled containers for ...
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fare
noun
uk
/feər/us
/fer/
the money that you pay for a journey in a vehicle such as a bus ...
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(Definition oftrainandfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftrain fare

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He could have saved his time andtrainfare.
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Until then, we had been claiming thetrainfare.
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The cost of thetrainfareis always considerable and increasing.
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There may be an occasionaltrainfare, but this sum represents a great deal more.
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I shall even pay histrainfareif need be.
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He said that he had been robbed and did not have any money left for histrainfarehome.
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They do not know how much a bus fare is, how much atrainfareis; they do not care.
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The man produced a pack of cards and after a couple of hours he had to borrow histrainfarefor the next day.
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He was given histrainfareand now he has to pay back thattrainfareout of his benefit week by week.
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To put it into perspective, a level 3 fine is imposed on people who attempt to evade paying their tubetrainfare.
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Periodically he pays atrainfare, which is expensive, to come and visit his wife, and see whether he cannot do something about selling the house.
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The alternative is to get up at about 6.30 in the morning, pay the expensivetrainfareto come, and then have less of a day here.
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Where the applicant has to travel any distance to a court histrainfareis paid, and courts are arranged for in the localities which are most convenient to claimants.
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Fares are a fixed amount and are far lower than the metered fare to the same destination but higher than a bus ortrainfare.
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This was only enough for thetrainfarehome.
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These machines were the precursor to comfortable auto stages and the price of riding these contraptions was eventually included in thetrainfare.
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The commutertrainfaresystem is based on the assumption that the user is travelling to or from downtown.
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Townley paid his $25 fine and gave himtrainfarehome.
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I am mindful that train fares are going up.
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I appreciate that, but local variations in train fares are very difficult indeed.
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