par

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of paragraph.

   And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 419

2. abbreviationAbbreviation of parenthesis.
3. abbreviationAbbreviation of parish.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of parallel.

1. in compoundsBy; with.

plural pars

1. countableuncountableEqual 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.

   1 more example

   It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term.

   2017 November 16, Bret Stephens, “Steve Bannon Is Bad for the Jews”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2017

2. countableuncountableEquality of condition or circumstances.
3. uncountablegolfThe allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.

   He needs to make this shot for par.

4. countablegolfA hole in which a player achieves par.

   Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth.

   2009 January 18, “Paul Casey storms to four-stroke lead in Abu Dhabi”, in Herald Sun

5. UKcountableuncountableAn amount which is taken as an average or mean.

present singular third person pars · participle present parring · participle past parred · past parred

1. transitivegolfTo reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.

   He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.

plural pars

1. alternativeAlternative form of parr (“young salmon”).

present singular third person pars · participle present parring · participle past parred · past parred

1. Multicultural London EnglishTo associate, to chill, to hang.

   Par with the hard heads and young offenders.

   2007 May 21, “Sirens” (track 3), in Maths + English, performed by Dizzee Rascal

   2 more examples

   I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh.

   2014 September 27, “Fire in the Booth”performed by Stormzy

   Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most.

   2016 August 12, “Don't run” (track 2), in PARTYNEXTDOOR 3(PX3), performed by PARTYNEXTDOOR

1. A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of photosynthetically-active radiation.
3. abbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of precision approach radar.
4. abbreviationAbbreviation of phased-array radar.
5. abbreviationbiologyAbbreviation of pseudoautosomal region.
6. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of personnel accountability report.

1. PhilippinesabbreviationacronymclimatologyAcronym of Philippine Area of Responsibility.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.