Parpreposition
By; with.
Perpreposition
For each.
‘Admission is £10 per person.’;
Parnoun
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.
Perpreposition
To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
‘miles per gallon’; ‘beats per minute’; ‘$2.50 per dozen’;
Parnoun
Equality of condition or circumstances.
Perpreposition
(medicine) Via (the), by (the), through (the) followed by Latin name for an orifice.
‘Introduce the endoscope per nasum.’; ‘The medication is to be administered per os.’;
Parnoun
The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
‘He needs to make this shot for par.’;
Perpreposition
In accordance with.
‘I parked my car at the curb per your request.’;
Parnoun
A hole in which a player achieves par.
Perpronoun
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Parnoun
(UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
Perpronoun
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Parverb
To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
‘He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.’;
Peradjective
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Parnoun
See Parr.
Perpreposition
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.
Parnoun
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.
Perpreposition
for each (used with units to express a rate)
‘he charges £2 per square yard’;
Parnoun
Equality of condition or circumstances.
Perpreposition
by means of
‘send it per express’;
Parnoun
An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
Perpreposition
divided by a line in the direction of
‘per saltire’;
Parnoun
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.
Parpreposition
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.
Parnoun
(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’;
Parnoun
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced;
‘on a par with the best’;
Parverb
make a score (on a hole) equal to par
Parnoun
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 sixteenth is a par five’;
Parnoun
a par score at a hole
‘a card that showed 16 pars, one eagle, and one birdie’;
Parnoun
the face value of a share or other security, as distinct from its market value
‘par value’; ‘the 9 per cent unsecured loan stock is redeemable at par’;
Parnoun
the recognized value of one country's currency in terms of another's.
Parnoun
a paragraph
‘fifteen pars on the front page’;
Parverb
play (a hole) in par
‘he calmly parred the 17th’;
