par
noun
[ pɑː ]
• 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 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
verb
• 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.
par
noun
• a paragraph.
• "fifteen pars on the front page"
Origin:
mid 19th century: abbreviation.
par.
abbreviation
• paragraph.
• "see par. 3.1 above"
par-
combining form
• variant spelling of para-1 shortened before a vowel or h (as in paraldehyde, parody, parhelion ).
para-
prefix
• beside; adjacent to.
• "parataxis"
• denoting substitution at diametrically opposite carbon atoms in a benzene ring, e.g. in 1,4 positions.
• "paradichlorobenzene"
Origin:
from Greek para ‘beside’; in combinations often meaning ‘amiss, irregular’ and denoting alteration or modification.
