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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Par \Par\, n. (Zool.) See {Parr}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Equality of condition or circumstances. [1913 Webster] 3. An amount which is taken as an average or mean. [Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. (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. If par for one hole is 5, a {bogey} is 6, and a score of 7 strokes would be a {double bogey}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] {At par}, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium; -- used especially of financial instruments, such as bonds. {Above par}, at a premium. {Below par}, (a) at a discount. (a) less than the expected or usual quality; -- of the quality of objects and of the performance of people; as, he performed below par in the game. {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; -- used especially of financial instruments, such as bonds. [1913 Webster +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie} and {bogy}, plural {bogies}.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear. Syn: bogeyman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for {par}, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called {par}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: par n 1: (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 being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: {equality}, {equivalence}, {equation}, {par}] v 1: make a score (on a hole) equal to par From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: PAR Portal ARchive (SAP, EP) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: PAR Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission [protocols] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: PAR Project Authorization Request (IEEE) From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: par /paʀ/ by; by means of; on; through; with; through From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]: par equal; even; level From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: par 1. pair 2. even 3. pair From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: par 1. pair 2. pair From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: par 1. pair(duo) 2. even(para) 3. pair(paro)