par
/pɑː/ · noun
Meaning
- Abbreviation of paragraph.
- Abbreviation of parenthesis.
- Abbreviation of parish.
- Abbreviation of parallel.
- By; with.
- 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.
- The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
- A hole in which a player achieves par.
- An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
- To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
- Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).
- To associate, to chill, to hang.
- A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).
- Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations.
- Initialism of photosynthetically-active radiation.
- Initialism of precision approach radar.
- Abbreviation of phased-array radar.
- Abbreviation of pseudoautosomal region.
- Initialism of personnel accountability report.
- Acronym of Philippine Area of Responsibility.
- Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.
Etymology / origin
Abbreviations
- per(Latin)→
- par(French)→
- par (English)
- Relations: bor, der
Related words
Descendant words
- par(Catalan) (clq)
- パー(Japanese) (bor)
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