carfare
Americannoun
noun
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Example Sentences
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Later, the department expanded busing options and said it would provide carfare reimbursements for families struggling to get their children to the program.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
She also pays $8.50 a week in carfare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2016
"And if they find child care, then the question is whether they pay out more in carfare and day care than they make."
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2016
He worried that his performance would not have the same edge, so just as the Golden Gloves began he got a job in a laundry to earn money for carfare.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2010
That made a total of twenty-six cents, fourteen cents of which would have to be saved for carfare to Mr. Dalton’s; that is, if he decided to take the job.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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