variant spelling of para- shortened before a vowel or h (as in paraldehyde, parody, parhelion).
par
[pɑː]
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NOUN
par (名詞) · pars (複數名詞) · par of exchange (名詞) · pars of exchange (複數名詞)
golf
the number of strokes a first-class player should normally require for a particular hole or course:
"Woosnam had advanced from his overnight position of three under par" · "the sixteenth is a par five"
a par score at a hole:
"a card that showed 16 pars, one eagle, and one birdie"
stock market
the face value of a share or other security, as distinct from its market value:
"the 9 per cent unsecured loan stock is redeemable at par" · "par value"
the recognized value of one country's currency in terms of another's.
VERB
golf
par (動詞) · pars (第三人稱現在式) · parred (過去式) · parred (過去分詞) · parring (現在分詞)
play (a hole) in par:
"he calmly parred the 17th"
ORIGIN
late 16th century (in the sense ‘equality of value or standing’): from Latin, ‘equal’, also ‘equality’. The golf term dates from the late 19th century.
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