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’.