noun [U]
1 (in golf) the number of strokes a good player should need to complete a course or to hit the ball into a particular hole:
a par five hole * Par for the course is 72. * She went round the course in three under (= three strokes less than) par.
2 (also par value) (business) the value that a share in a company had originally:
to be redeemed at par
IDIOMS
below / under par less well, good, etc. than is usual or expected:
I may take tomorrow off if I'm still feeling under par. * Teaching in some subjects has been well below par.
be par for the course (disapproving) to be just what you would expect to happen or expect sb to do in a particular situation:
Starting early and working long hours is par for the course in this job.
on a par with sb/sth as good, bad, important, etc. as sb/sth else
up to par as good as usual or as good as it should be:
I didn't think her performance was up to par.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for par is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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