fare evasion
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffareandevasion
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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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evasion
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪˈveɪ.ʒən/us/ɪˈveɪ.ʒən/
the act of avoiding something ...
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(Definition offareandevasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are talking about a £10 penalty and, given the level offareevasion, that will be a lot of money.
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Could not this be yet another instance of the inadequacy of thefareevasionfigures?
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Many stations have no staff after 6 pm, which is when a lot offareevasiontakes place.
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That is good for safety and for reducingfareevasion.
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Some argue that the best way of defeatingfareevasionis to provide a free transport system.
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Unfortunately, millions of pounds are being lost every year because offareevasion.
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Let us concentrate onfareevasion, although we do not accurately know at what level it occurs.
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He said that there had beenfareevasionevery year.
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One of the best ways of reducingfareevasionwould be to employ more ticket collectors and to have more spot checks.
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We have no idea what the amount of thisfareevasionamounts to.
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It also refers to a further £9 million lost due tofareevasionon the buses and states that the trend is rising.
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We may be talking about annualfareevasionon 20 million journeys.
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It is not surprising that in principle we all agree that something should be done to reducefareevasion.
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They have been installed not for safety but to try to cutfareevasion.
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Then expensive capital investment is needed to cut thefareevasionthat was created by sticking up fares in the first place.
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We all have a vested interest in stoppingfareevasioneven if we disagree with the fare structure.
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Are not those figures remarkably accurate when, by the very nature offareevasion, the figures can only be guessed at?
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The movement towards one-person-operated trains and buses has exacerbatedfareevasion.
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The diminution in staffing is one of the most obvious reasons forfareevasion.
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There must be proper staffing and fares set at a decent level if we are to reducefareevasion.
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