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par
noun (STANDARD) /pɑːr/
/pɑːr/ Definition
› [U] the usual standard or conditionAverages › [U] the expected number of times in golf that a good player should have to hit the ball in order to get it into a hole or into all the holes: Tiger Woods finished the round 10 below/under par.Golf par (value) specialized › the original value of a share in a businessCosts and expensesFinancial investments and the stock market
(Definition of par noun (STANDARD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a hole in one idiom
- birdie noun (GOLF)
- birdie verb
- bogey noun (GOLF)
- bogey verb
- dogleg noun
- drive noun (POWER)
- fairway noun
- golf course noun
- golf noun
- hole noun (SPACE)
- hook noun (HIT)
- match play noun
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- tee (sth) up phrasal verb
- tee noun
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