Definition of "par" []

• An amount or level considered to be average; a standard: performing up to par; did not yet feel up to par. (noun)
• An equality of status, level, or value; equal footing: a local product on a par with the best foreign makes. (noun)
• The established value of a monetary unit expressed in terms of a monetary unit of another country using the same metal standard. (noun)
• The face value of a stock, bond, or other negotiable instrument: sold the bond at par. (noun)
• Sports The number of golf strokes considered necessary to complete a hole or course in expert play. (noun)

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• "Voyage fait par mer en_ 1648 _par trois vaisseaux russes, dont un est parvenu jusqu'à la Kamschatka_. "["
• "At twenty-five miles was the almost bare rocky hill which I called par excellence the Cups, from the number of those little stone indentures upon its surface, which I first saw on the"
• "Iraqi National Coali­tion, led by Ammar Al-Hakim joined by the Sadrists, issued a state­ment on Wednes­day in which they called the par­lia­ment for an emer­gency ses­sion to dis­cuss the deci­sions and the mech­a­nism of the Appeals Panel to review the appeals sub­mit­ted by the excluded politi­cians against "J and A" resolutions."