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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Par \Par\, n. 1. An amount which is taken as an average or mean [Eng.] 2. (Golf) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Par \Par\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Parr}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Par \Par\, prep. [F., fr L. per. See {Per}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.] 1. 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. 2. Equality of condition or circumstances. {At par}, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium. {Above par}, at a premium. {Below par}, at a discount. {On a par}, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; as their pretensions are on a par; his ability is on a par with his ambition. {Par of exchange}. See under {Exchange}. {Par value}, nominal value; face value. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: par n 1: (in 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" 2: a state of essential equality or equivalence: "on a par with the best" [syn: {equality}, {equivalence}] v : make a score (on a hole) equal to par; in golf From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PAR Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission [protocols] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PAR Project Authorization Request (IEEE)
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