carfare
(US, dated) The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
Definitions
(US, dated) The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
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.
Comments
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "carfare".
🗺️About Regional & Other slang
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "carfare" (C)
Browse all slang words starting with C.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- standard fare69%
(British, Irish, countable, by extension) The price charged to passengers who travel without buying tickets in advance on certain public transport systems (especially British bus and tram systems) (compare penalty fare).
- standard fare69%
(countable, literally) The usual price for travel by air, rail, or another means of transport.
- motorcar62%
(dated) An enclosed passenger motor vehicle: a car (automobile).
- carhouse62%
(US, dated) A storage depot for streetcars.
- transit62%
(Canadian, American) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; short form of public transit or mass transit.