Meanings
- not comparableSimultaneously; likewise, equally.First known use 16th c.
Pari passu with Marechal Bugeaud's ‘pacification’, French colonisers steadily took root in Algeria.
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 302 more examples
Will container development merely bring about a substitution for the body of the covered wagon? Probably not, in his view, but he believes that the size and tonnage of the container are likely to increase pari passu with the lifting capacity of handling appliances.
1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Freight stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269A subsequent coolness, pari passu with the dotcom billionaire's revenue growth no doubt, is said to've developed.
2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 54
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbused in legal language
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinparī
- Late Latinpari passu
- Englishpari passu
From Late Latin pari passu, from Latin parī, ablative of pār (“equal”) + passū, ablative of passus (“step”).
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