Par

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1. Noun

See Parr.

2. Preposition

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.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

Equality of condition or circumstances.

5. Noun

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"
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