Betekenis van par In het Nederlands

• 0 the same as or equal to someone or something:

  • The regeneration of the city's downtown dock front will put it on a par with Nice or Cannes.

• 1 the usual standard or condition

  • Tiger Woods finished the round 10 below/under par.

• 2 the usual standard or condition:

  • About half the teachers are good, and the rest are clearly below par.

  • Walker shot a par 72 for the victory.

• 3 abbreviation for paragraph

• 4 the original value of a share, bond, etc. when it is first available for sale:

  • at par The bonds were priced at par with an initial yield of 4.4%.

  • a par value of sth The Board of Directors authorized the designation of 1,000,000 shares of stock, with a par value of $0.10 per share.

• 5 worse than the usual or expected standard:

  • California ranks below par in tackling the retiree health-care issue.

• 6 the same as or equal to someone or something:

  • It is rated on a par with its rivals despite outperforming its sector in almost every measure.

  • People often don't insist on raises that keep their pay on par with inflation.

• 7 a situation or standard of work or behaviour that is considered normal or typical:

  • Massive management fees, he says, are par for the course in keeping an international operation running.

  • The company's stock was hit hard today, but that's par for the course in this economy.