Meanings
nouncarfare (countable and uncountable, plural carfares)
plural carfares
- UScountabledateduncountableThe passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
Anyhow, I'll have to keep out lunch money and carfare, and so will Edith.
1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, A Poor Wise Man1 more example
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.
1971, Woody Allen, Getting Even
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Czech jízdné
- jízdnéthe passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus
Finnish bussimaksu, raitiovaunumaksu
- bussimaksuthe passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus
- raitiovaunumaksuthe passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus
- ratikkamaksuthe passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus
- ajomaksuthe passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar or bus
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APA
carfare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carfare
MLA
“carfare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carfare. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carfare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carfare.
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