Definition of Par

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Definition of Par

Par

An amount which is taken as an average or mean.

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.

See Parr.

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.

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.

Equality of condition or circumstances.

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Par Quotations

As a kid, I might have been psycho, I guess, but I used to throw golf balls in the trees and try and somehow make par from them. I thought that was fun.
Tiger Woods

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.
Peter De Vries

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.
Peter De Vries

If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.
Octavio Paz

We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good.
Keenen Ivory Wayans

I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.
Larry Hagman

That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled and in fact I considered this directly libelous - I write biographies for a living as well as being a journalist - for a non fiction book to be called fiction from beginning to end.
Anthony Holden

Chad was in the right spot. He got a little aggressive with the third shot there. He probably didn't want that putt he had there for the par. And you don't want to put it back there where Casey and Sergio did because you have 20 feet of break there.
Hal Sutton

There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's.
Peter Hook

President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day their wages would be on par with that of their male counterparts.
Rosa DeLauro

Par Translations

par in German is Pari
par in Italian is uquaglianza
par in Spanish is paridad
par in Swedish is pari

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