par1
/pɑː
/- They were 14 under par for four balls, but only level par for 36 holes of foursomes compared to England's 16 under.
- The third hole is a par 3, and, like clockwork, there's always a backup on that tee.
- Boylan has had a quiet season but burst into life with a two under par front nine, making seven pars and birdies at the fourth and fifth to turn with 28 points.
- The South African began with five straight pars before firing two birdies in a neat outward nine of 34.
- The young protégé got off to a difficult start and was three over after five but turned the tables in magnificent fashion, coming home in two under par for a level par round of 71.
- The successful issuers of currency would be the organizations with reputations strong enough to maintain the market values of their securities at exact par.
- Biddle actively pursued a policy of pressing state banks to redeem their outstanding banknotes at promised par or face value in specie.
- The exchange said IFCI would place the shares with IDBI at par and subject to central bank approvals.
- Why don't we set our currency on par to the British pound?
- Similarly, Bosnia and Herzegovina operates a currency board with its domestic currency, konvertibilna marka, tied to German marks at par.
- We parred the first hole, but on the second hole, I hit my tee shot in a fairway bunker and he just killed his drive right down the middle.
- I parred the hole and won by two shots over Gil Morgan, who birdied the final hole.
- Faldo parred every single hole to capture that first major.
Phrases
above (or below or under) par
on a par with
par for the course
up to par
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.
pair from Middle English:
Pair comes from Latin paria ‘equal things’, formed from par ‘equal’. Latin par also lies behind compare (Late Middle English) ‘to pair with, bring together’; disparage (Middle English) originally ‘a mis-pairing especially in marriage’, later ‘to discredit’; nonpareil (Late Middle English) ‘not equalled’ (taken directly from the French); par (late 16th century) ‘equal’, a golfing term from L19th; parity [L16] ‘equalness’; peer (Middle English) ‘equal’; and umpire (Middle English) originally noumpere, from the same source as nonpareil, because an umpire is above all the players. A noumpere was later re-interpreted as ‘an umpire’ and the initial ‘n’ was lost.
Rhymes
par2
/pɑː/Origin
Mid 19th century: abbreviation.