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Money paid for food? (4)

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fare

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'for food?' is the definition.
(fare is a kind of food)

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(Other definitions for fare that I've seen before include "Taxi hire cost" , "Price of passage" , "Range of food; travel" , "diet" , "Food for the table" .)

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