Par

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
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     3. An amount which is taken as an average or mean. [Eng.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. (Golf) The number of strokes required for a hole or a
        round played without mistake, two strokes being allowed on
        each hole for putting. Par represents perfect play,
        whereas {bogey} makes allowance on some holes for human
        frailty. Thus if par for a course is 75, bogey is usually
        put down, arbitrarily, as 81 or 82. If par for one hole is
        5, a {bogey} is 6, and a score of 7 strokes would be a
        {double bogey}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     {At par}, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at
        a premium; -- used especially of financial instruments,
        such as bonds.
  
     {Above par}, at a premium.
  
     {Below par},
        (a) at a discount.
        (a) less than the expected or usual quality; -- of the
            quality of objects and of the performance of people;
            as, he performed below par in the game.
  
     {On a par}, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances,
        position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par;
        his ability is on a par with his ambition.
  
     {Par of exchange}. See under {Exchange}.
  
     {Par value}, nominal value; face value; -- used especially of
        financial instruments, such as bonds.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Par \Par\, prep. [F., fr. L. per. See {Per}.]
     By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases
     taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of
     the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par
     cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Par \Par\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Parr}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie} and {bogy},
     plural {bogies}.]
     1. A goblin; a bugbear.
  
     Syn: bogeyman.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
                I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm.
                                                    Black.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly,
        the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for
        {par}, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each
        hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be
        so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary
        first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard
        score is called {par}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations,
        such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be
        hostile.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  par
       n 1: (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a
            golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole";
            "par for this course is 72"
       2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally
          balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: {equality}, {equivalence},
           {equation}]
       v : make a score (on a hole) equal to par

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "par":
     alike, asking price, at par, au pair, average, balance,
     bearish prices, bid price, book value, bullish prices, call price,
     center, closing price, coequality, coextension, commensurate,
     correspondence, decline, drawn, equal, equality, equalized,
     equation, equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance,
     equity, equivalence, equivalency, even, even stephen, evenness,
     face value, fifty-fifty, fixed price, flash price, flurry, flutter,
     generality, golden mean, half-and-half, happy medium, high,
     identity, issue par, issue price, juste-milieu, justice, knotted,
     level, levelness, like, likeness, low, market price, market value,
     mean, median, mediocrity, medium, middle, middle course,
     middle ground, middle point, middle position, middle state,
     middle-of-the-road, midpoint, nip and tuck, nominal value, norm,
     normal, offering price, on a footing, on a level, on a par,
     on even ground, opening price, par value, parallelism, parity,
     poise, price, proportion, proportionate, put price, quits,
     quotation, quoted price, rally, rule, run, sameness,
     settling price, square, stalemated, standard, stated value, swings,
     symmetry, tied, via media
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PAR
       Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission [protocols]
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PAR
       Project Authorization Request (IEEE)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PAR, comm. law. Equal. It is used to denote a state of equality or equal 
  value. Bills of exchange, stocks, and the like, are at par when they sell 
  for their nominal value; above par, or below par, when they sell for more or 
  less.