Mar 5, 2007 21:04
17 yrs ago
English term
Fairs
English
Other
Tourism & Travel
sport
We have the best tickets and hotels for all the matches and provide the best value in the industry to ensure that however your team ***fairs***, you will have the trip of a lifetime.
What does "fairs" mean in this context? Does it mean perform?
Thanks in advance
What does "fairs" mean in this context? Does it mean perform?
Thanks in advance
Responses
| 5 +13 | fares |
Tony M
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| 5 +2 | Wins or loses |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 +2 | oops - what an error ! it should be "fares" (i.e. manages) |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Responses
+13
3 mins
Selected
fares
It's a mistake, it should be 'fares', and means 'whatever degree of success (or not) your team has...'
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-03-05 21:10:09 GMT)
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NS OED gives this (amongst other defs.):
"II 4 v.i.
Get on in a specified manner (well, ill, etc.); have luck or treatment of a specified (good, bad, etc.) kind."
As in "Farewell", of course!
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-03-05 21:10:09 GMT)
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NS OED gives this (amongst other defs.):
"II 4 v.i.
Get on in a specified manner (well, ill, etc.); have luck or treatment of a specified (good, bad, etc.) kind."
As in "Farewell", of course!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all, Tony has been the first to mention the spelling mistake "fare"... after it's been easy for me to look up at the dictionaries :-)"
+2
2 mins
Wins or loses
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-03-05 21:08:14 GMT)
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However things turn out for your team - whether they win or lose.
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-03-05 21:08:14 GMT)
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However things turn out for your team - whether they win or lose.
+2
4 mins
oops - what an error ! it should be "fares" (i.e. manages)
whether the team wins or loses
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ioanna Karamanou
: In all fairness to the original author, it's something a spellchecker won't catch! We had a big to-do at one of my jobs once re the importance of manual proofreading bc of some emails someone sent out with some colorfully inappropriate yet valid words!:-)
6 mins
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: it should be "fares"
1 hr
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