What is "fare indicator"

Fare \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]

1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]

   That nought might stay his fare.
   --Spenser.

2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.

3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]

   The warder chid and made fare.
   --Chaucer.

4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.

   What fare? what news abroad ?
   --Shak.

5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. ``Philosophic fare.''
   --Dryden.

6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers.
   --A. Drummond.

7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. Bill of fare. See under Bill. Fare indicator or Fare register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. Fare wicket.

   1. A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.

   2. An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor.
      --Knight.