fare increase

collocation in English

meaningsoffareandincrease

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withincreaseorfare.
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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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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(Definition offareandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffare increase

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It is not simply a matter of afareincrease.
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Every time there is a question of afareincrease, the operator has to go to the traffic commissioners to vary the fares conditions.
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In at least one instance an operator was ordered to do so by the traffic commissioners to avoid a generalfareincrease.
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It concerns only the question of a generalfareincrease.
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We understand that afareincreaseis imminent.
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I suggest that there are two essentially false assumptions behind thefareincreasepolicy as set out in the document.
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When there is afareincrease, some fares increase and some are held at the current level.
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The railfareincreasealone could almost neutralise any effects of the selective price restraint scheme, even if the scheme is entirely successful.
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A person earning £6,000 per year would need a 6·2 per cent pay rise to finance afareincreaseof £260.
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Yet those passengers face a further inflationaryfareincrease.
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It would seem that either a substantialfareincreaseor a subsidy must provide the answer.
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Therefore, they are forced to pay the surcharge on top of thefareincrease, which is deplorable.
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I describe them as penalty rates, and, indeed, there is a threat that this is only stage 1 of thefareincreaseprogramme.
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Afareincreasewill be announced once a year.
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Thisfareincreasehas been the result of an increase in wages.
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They have faced the biggestfareincreasethat this country has ever known at a time when their incomes have been severely limited.
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Are we to assume that the large railfareincreasewe saw this year will have to be repeated next year in order to cover that deficit?
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That was afareincreaseby stealth.
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If a family with two children makes one return journey a day for five days a week, thatfareincreasealone will cost the family £2 more each week.
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The people who will be responsible for every cut, everyfareincrease, every breakdown and every loss of service are those who are putting this reckless legislation in place.
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