n.
   - Golf  the number of strokes a first-class player should normally require for a particular hole or course. 
▸a score of this number of strokes at a hole.
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(usu. in phr. above or below or under par, or on a par with)
 the usual or expected level or amount.
 - Stock Exchange  the face value of a share or other security, as distinct from its market value. 
▸
(also par of exchange)
 the recognized value of one country's currency in terms of another's.
 
v.
 (pars, parring, parred)
 Golf  play (a hole) in par.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - par for the course
 what is normal or expected in any given circumstances. 
    
   
  Etymology
  C16 (in the sense ‘equality of value or standing’): from L., ‘equal’, also ‘equality’.