farebox

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English

Etymology

From fare +‎ box.

Noun

farebox (plural fareboxes)

  1. A box into which passengers drop their bus or train fare.
    • 2019 November 6, Christian Wolmar, “Gatwick Express and Southern fares”, in Rail, page 56:
      What makes it worse is that since the Southern Thameslink and Great Northern deal is a management contract, all the farebox money goes to the government.
    • 2024 11, Sally Jane Gellert, “Report from the Chair”, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram:
      We are keeping our eye on contradictions in fare collection–members have noticed uniformed collectors on Nearly light rail at the same time buses run with papered-over fareboxes–given the recent fare increase, we wonder why collections does not seem to be uniformly enforced.

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