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par
1[ pahr ]
noun
- Finance.
- the legally established value of the monetary unit of one country in terms of that of another using the same metal as a standard of value.
- the state of the shares of any business, undertaking, loan, etc., when they may be purchased at the original price issue par or at their face value nominal par.
- an equality in value or standing; a level of equality:
The gains and the losses are on a par.
- an average, usual, or normal amount, degree, quality, condition, standard, or the like:
above par;
to feel below par.
- Golf. the number of strokes set as a standard for a specific hole or a complete course.
adjective
- average or normal.
- Finance. at or pertaining to par:
the par value of a bond.
verb (used with object)
- Golf. to equal par on (a hole or course).
par
2[ pahr ]
adjective
- of or relating to participating insurance.
par-
3- variant of para- 1 before a vowel:
parenchyma.
par.
4abbreviation for
- paragraph.
- parallel.
- parenthesis.
- parish.
par-
1prefix
- a variant of para- 1
par
2/ ±èÉ‘Ë /
noun
- an accepted level or standard, such as an average (esp in the phrase up to par )
- a state of equality (esp in the phrase on a par with )
- finance the established value of the unit of one national currency in terms of the unit of another where both are based on the same metal standard
- commerce
- See par value
- the condition of equality between the current market value of a share, bond, etc, and its face value (the nominal par ). This equality is indicated by at par, while above ( or below ) par indicates that the market value is above (or below) face value
- golf an estimated standard score for a hole or course that a good player should make
par for the course was 72
- below par or under parnot feeling or performing as well as normal
- par for the coursean expected or normal occurrence or situation
adjective
- average or normal
- usually prenominal commerce of or relating to par
par value
par.
3abbreviation for
- paragraph
- parenthesis
- parish
Par.
4abbreviation for
- Paraguay
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of par1
Origin of par2
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of par1
Idioms and Phrases
- at par, Finance. (of a share) purchasable at issue par or nominal par.
- par for the course, exactly what one might expect; predictable; typical:
They were late again, but that's par for the course.
More idioms and phrases containing par
In addition to the idiom beginning with par , also see below par ; on a par with ; up to par .Example Sentences
Will the gelding be above or below par?
The actor rose to fame in the 1980s as a Julliard-trained prodigy with leading-man potential on par with his “Top Gun†co-star Tom Cruise.
But that's all par for the course in conservative Florida politics.
A universal tariff of 20%, or its equivalent, would be a historic hit to the global trading system, on a par with the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariffs nearly a century ago.
Scheffler demonstrated his finest golf of the year in Houston last week, where the world number one fired a second-round 62 en route to finishing second to Min Woo Lee at 19 under par.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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