pari passu

[ pah-ree pahs-soo; English pair-ahy pas-oo, pair-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Latin.

pari passu

/ ˈpɑːrɪ; ˌpærɪ ˈpæsuː /

law with equal speed or progress; equably: often used to refer to the right of creditors to receive assets from the same source without one taking precedence

To ensure the banks end up with the required $1.4 trillion, the government should put in capital pari passu with investors.

Every increase in the output of kerosene produces pari passu an increase of the other commodities.

For neither fuel consumption nor wages of train crews expands pari passu with the paying load.

The growth of artificial wants is as much the cause as the effect of civilisation: they proceed pari passu.

It merely follows that reform in domestic government must go on, pari passu, with other reforms.

The spread of superstition has gone pari passu with the spread of education, and a revolt against the Mikado is now unthinkable.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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