bus fare

collocation in English

meaningsofbusandfare

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bus
noun[C]
uk
/bʌs/us
/bʌs/
a large vehicle in which people are driven from one place ...
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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 ofbusandfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbus fare

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Many people in those communities cannot afford thebusfarefor one journey to the hospital.
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Detailed rail andbusfarelevels are a matter for the operators.
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It never entered my head to ask for a fee, or even for mybusfare.
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Such benefit can be measured far above the benefit of the actual cost of thebusfare.
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They want to be reimbursed for the cost of abusfare.
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People have to pay abusfareto go to the post office, and if there are no buses they must pay for a taxi.
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That contained both beer and thebusfare—but not the public road vehicle, which carries goods.
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I suspect that they would pay their ownbusfareif they had the chance to vote it out again now.
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I have always paid the samebusfareas my husband and have eaten as much as he has.
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Let us take as an example thebusfare.
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This will guarantee all pensioners a cheapbusfarescheme which is at least as generous as half-fare.
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I gave an example of a woman who could not get to work because she did not have enough money for thebusfare.
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The sports centres were built where they are because one could reach them by bus and because thebusfarewas relatively cheap.
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It does not mean one magistrate'sbusfare; it means a number of governors coming from various places.
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It provides safe, reliable and efficient transport at the equivalent of thebusfare.
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If a person in the village goes into town to make purchases, there is the added cost of thebusfare.
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Out of this we pay 80p per weekbusfare.
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He had a heavybusfare, the bus service was bad, and he worked things out.
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He told him that on the first line he was to put one penny for abusfare, and then the figures 8.9.
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She can afford herbusfarethere and a share of a taxi coming home.
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