par

noun

/pɑː/UK/pɑɹ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French par (“through, by”), from Latin per (“through”). Doublet of per.

derived from per
borrowed from par

Definitions

1
Abbreviation of paragraph.
- And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army.
Abbreviation of parenthesis.
Abbreviation of parish.
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1. Abbreviation of parallel.
2. By
  By; with.
3. Equal value
  Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
4. Equality of condition or circumstances.
5. 8
  The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
  - He needs to make this shot for par.
6. 9
  A hole in which a player achieves par.
  - Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth.
7. An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
8. 11
  To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
  - He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.
9. Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).
10. 13
  To associate, to chill, to hang.
  - Par with the hard heads and young offenders.
  - I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh.
  - Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most.
11. A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England…
  A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).
12. Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment
  Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations.
13. Initialism of photosynthetically-active radiation.
14. Initialism of precision approach radar.
15. Abbreviation of phased-array radar.
16. Abbreviation of pseudoautosomal region.
17. Initialism of personnel accountability report.
18. Acronym of Philippine Area of Responsibility.
19. Initialism of planed all round
  Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.

The neighborhood

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Derived

above par, below par, course par, mint par, mint par of exchange, no-par, on par, on a par, par for the course, par value, par yield, subpar, under par, up to par

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for par. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA