Meaning
Fare — the money you pay to ride a bus or taxi, and by extension the passenger who pays it: a taxi driver looks for a 'fare'. Central to the route-taxi and coaster world of Jamaican transport, where you 'find di fare' before you board or the conductor calls it out.
Examples
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Yuh have di bus fare?
Do you have the bus fare?
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Di taxi man a look a fare.
The taxi man is looking for a passenger.
Origin
From English 'fare'. See [[charter]], [[route-taxi]], [[coaster]].
How it’s used
Ride money; also the paying passenger. Core route-taxi vocabulary.