par value
noun
: par sense 1b(1)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Check out Vanke’s bonds which trade at or near par value. 
Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The daily price of bonds oscillates around the maturity value (or par value) of $1,000 per bond based on current changes in the level of interest rates. Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Investors are bracing for the worst, having pushed the price of the notes down to 61% of par value. Sydney Maki, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2022 Evergrande’s Hong Kong listing (3333 HK) hit an all-time low intra-day of HKD 2.28 while their debt, using a bond maturing in June 2026 as a proxy, fell to $26 versus a par value of $100. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021 The move was so aggressive and sparked a rally that was so powerful and broad-based that today those bonds are all the way back up near par value, and Surgery Partners was able to raise another $120 million from loan investors earlier this month. Lisa Lee, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2020 With a humped green that can send even well-placed approach shots scurrying away from the flag, Pebble’s 14th is the hardest hole, relative to a typical hole of its distance and par value, measured at any major this millennium. D.r., The Economist, 13 June 2019 One class of preferred shares, for example, closed Monday at $15.70, well below their par value of $25. Sam Goldfarb, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019 But with the adoption of stricter rules on money markets, including repricing of shares below their par value (typically $1) if the prices of underlying investments decline, such money-markets products have become less visible. Eric Uhlfelder, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2018 See More
Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The daily price of bonds oscillates around the maturity value (or par value) of $1,000 per bond based on current changes in the level of interest rates. Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Investors are bracing for the worst, having pushed the price of the notes down to 61% of par value. Sydney Maki, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2022 Evergrande’s Hong Kong listing (3333 HK) hit an all-time low intra-day of HKD 2.28 while their debt, using a bond maturing in June 2026 as a proxy, fell to $26 versus a par value of $100. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021 The move was so aggressive and sparked a rally that was so powerful and broad-based that today those bonds are all the way back up near par value, and Surgery Partners was able to raise another $120 million from loan investors earlier this month. Lisa Lee, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2020 With a humped green that can send even well-placed approach shots scurrying away from the flag, Pebble’s 14th is the hardest hole, relative to a typical hole of its distance and par value, measured at any major this millennium. D.r., The Economist, 13 June 2019 One class of preferred shares, for example, closed Monday at $15.70, well below their par value of $25. Sam Goldfarb, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019 But with the adoption of stricter rules on money markets, including repricing of shares below their par value (typically $1) if the prices of underlying investments decline, such money-markets products have become less visible. Eric Uhlfelder, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1797, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
par value
noun
: par sense a
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