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Par \Par\, n. (Zool.)
See {Parr}.
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Par \Par\, prep. [F., fr. L. per. See {Per}.]
By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases
taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of
the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par
cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
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Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.]
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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.
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2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
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3. An amount which is taken as an average or mean. [Eng.]
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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}.
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{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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Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie} and {bogy},
plural {bogies}.]
1. A goblin; a bugbear.

Syn: bogeyman.
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I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm.
Black.
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2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly,
the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for
{par}, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each
hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be
so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary
first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard
score is called {par}.
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3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations,
such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be
hostile.
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