The price or fee charged for traveling on public transportation vehicles like buses, trolleys, or trains.
From car (vehicle) plus fare (cost/price, from Old English fær, journey, and Medieval Latin fare, price). 19th-century term combining common transit vocabulary.
Carfare is an old word from before cars dominated—it mostly referred to streetcar and trolley prices, which is why it sounds like a relic from early 1900s city life.
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