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On a par

Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]

  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.

  2. Equality of condition or circumstances.

  3. An amount which is taken as an average or mean. [Eng.]

  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.

    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.

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on a par

a. On a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; equal.

Usage examples of "on a par".

The total picture of non-ordinary reality was made up of elements that appeared to possess qualities both of the elements of ordinary reality and of the components of an ordinary dream, although they were not on a par with either one.

I laid my putt up, as if I were laying up a second shot on a par-five short of a pond.

I gather that on Aurora offering sex is about on a par with com­.

Fifty years ago hypnotism was a parlor trick, clairvoyance was superstition, telepathy was almost unknown, and parapsychology was on a par with phrenology and not as respectable as the most popular nonsense called astrology.

It would be on a par with climbing down the shaft of a fusion generator to watch the plasma whiz around the bottle.

Rimrock Restop restaurant was robust rather than fancy - about on a par with Ron's Grill in another world.