railfare

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A form of rail fare — The cost (to be) paid to travel by train; a train fare.

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Meanings

nounrailfare (plural railfares)

plural railfares

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rail fare.

    Railfares will be 16s. return from London Bridge and Peckham Rye, 15s. 3d. from Tulse Hill and Streatham, 14s. 6d. from Wimbledon and Surbiton, and 8s. from Reading.

    1960 May, “Society Column”, in Trains Illustrated, page vii

Origin

From rail + fare.

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APA

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Chicago

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