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Par   /pɑr/   Listen
Par

noun
1.
(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.  "Par for this course is 72"
2.
A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced.  Synonyms: equality, equation, equivalence.
verb
1.
Make a score (on a hole) equal to par.



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— Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II • Henry Vaughan

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