Crossword clues for above par
above par
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]
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.
An amount which is taken as an average or mean. [Eng.]
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(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.
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.
Usage examples of "above par".
With all recycling factors above par, one pilfered fruit probably wouldn't trigger catastrophe.
I liked it because the hotel was above par, and because the country round it was good for walking.
Said he was tired of Weston's cut, whichmade me think he must be a trifle above par.
So in their final form these papers embody the consolidated opinion reached by a majority among a selection of men all of whose brains are well above par and some, probably, as fine as any in the country.
Personally, I consider Ambrose's love affairs a great bore but as the Canary Club is a very high-class gaff where the food department is really above par, I am pleased to go with him.
Butler wondered whether Handel would have sent the steadfast funds up above par and maintained them on an inverted pedal with all the other markets fluctuating iniquitously round them like the sheep that turn every one to his own way in the 'Messiah'.
Poetry (though for a schoolboy of that age I was above par in English versification, and had already produced two or three compositions which I may venture to say were somewhat above mediocrity, and which had gained me more credit than the sound good sense of my old master was at all pleased with), &ndash.
The light from the near-by street-lamp enabled him quite plainly to recognize his sister, but he knew better than to trust his eyes when he was (in his own estimation) a little above par.