par

noun8

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. •
   The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.

   • He needs to make this shot for par.
3. •
   An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
4. •
   Equality of condition or circumstances.
5. •
   A hole in which a player achieves par.

   • Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth. — 2009
6. •
   Abbreviation of paragraph.

   • And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army. — 2022
7. •
   Abbreviation of parish.
8. •
   Abbreviation of parenthesis.

preposition[in compounds]1

1. •
   By; with.

verb2

1. •
   To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.

   • He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.
2. •
   (slang) To associate, to chill, to hang.

   • Par with the hard heads and young offenders. — 2007

adjective1

1. •
   Abbreviation of parallel.

adjective1

1. •
   Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.

noun6

1. •
   Initialism of photosynthetically-active radiation.
2. •
   Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations.
3. •
   Initialism of precision approach radar.
4. •
   Abbreviation of pseudoautosomal region.
5. •
   Abbreviation of phased-array radar.
6. •
   Initialism of personnel accountability report.