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pars

   [pahrz]
noun, plural par·tes  [pahr-teez] .
(in prescriptions) a part.
Origin:
< Latin

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par

1   [pahr] noun, adjective, verb, parred, par·ring.
noun
1.
an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
2.
an average, usual, or normal amount, degree, quality, condition, standard, or the like: above par; to feel below par.
3.
Golf. the number of strokes set as a standard for a specific hole or a complete course.
4.
Finance.
a.
the legally established value of the monetary unit of one country in terms of that of another using the same metal as a standard of value.
b.
the state of the shares of any business, undertaking, loan, etc., when they may be purchased at the original price (issue par) or at their face value (nominal par).
5.
at par, Finance. (of a share) purchasable at issue par or nominal par.
adjective
6.
average or normal.
7.
Finance. at or pertaining to par: the par value of a bond.
verb (used with object)
8.
Golf. to equal par on (a hole or course).
Idiom
9.
par for the course, exactly what one might expect; typical: They were late again, but that's par for the course.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin pār equal
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par
1622, "equality," also "value of one currency in terms of another," from L. par "equal, that which is equal, equality" (see pair). Meaning "average or usual amount" is first attested 1767. Golf usage is first attested 1898. Figurative use of par for the course is from 1947.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

par (pär)
n. pl. pa·ri·a (pä'rē-ə)
A pair; specifically, a pair of cranial nerves.

pars (pärs)
n. pl. par·tes (pär'tēz)
A part or portion of a structure, especially of an anatomical structure.

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Computing Dictionary

PARS definition


Programmable Airline Reservation System

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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Pars

ancient country in the southwestern part of Iran, roughly coextensive with the modern region of Fars. Its name was derived from the Iranian tribe of the Parsua (Parsuash; Parsumash; Persians), who settled there in the 7th century BC. Herodotus lists the leading Persian tribes as the Pasargadae, to which the Achaemenians, the royal family of Persia, belonged; the Maraphii; and the Maspii. It was these three that Cyrus II the Great assembled to approve his plans for his revolt against Astyages, his Median overlord, in 550 BC.

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