par
IPA: pˈɑr
noun
- 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.
- Equality of condition or circumstances.
- (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
- (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
- (UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
- A village and beach near St Austell in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).
- Abbreviation of paragraph. [A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.]
- Abbreviation of parenthesis. [A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.]
- Abbreviation of parish. [In the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Roman Catholic Church, an administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.]
- Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”) [Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.]
- Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations.
- Initialism of photosynthetically-active radiation.
- (aviation) Initialism of precision approach radar.
- Abbreviation of phased-array radar.
- (genetics) Abbreviation of pseudoautosomal region.
- (Philippines, meteorology) Acronym of Philippine Area of Responsibility.
verb
- (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
- (MLE, MTE) To associate, to chill, to hang.
adjective
- Abbreviation of parallel. [Equally distant from one another at all points.]
- Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.
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Examples of "par" in Sentences
- The value is up to par.
- The rhetoric is par for the course.
- The article on polytheism is below par.
- This is par for the course for the user.
- The reference list is on par at the moment.
- The acting is up to par with the rest of the film.
- The term par score originated in the game of golf.
- These facts are not to the par of the study itself.
- In the case of stock certificates, face value is the par value of the stock.
- In the presidential election of 1951, PAR supported the candidacy of Arbenz.