Par \Par\, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.]
   
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   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.
      
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   2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
      
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   3. An amount which is taken as an average or mean. [Eng.]
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   4. (Golf) The number of strokes required for a hole or a
      round played without mistake, two strokes being allowed on
      each hole for putting. Par represents perfect play,
      whereas {bogey} makes allowance on some holes for human
      frailty. Thus if par for a course is 75, bogey is usually
      put down, arbitrarily, as 81 or 82. If par for one hole is
      5, a {bogey} is 6, and a score of 7 strokes would be a
      {double bogey}.
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   {At par}, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at
      a premium; -- used especially of financial instruments,
      such as bonds.

   {Above par}, at a premium.

   {Below par},
      (a) at a discount.
      (a) less than the expected or usual quality; -- of the
          quality of objects and of the performance of people;
          as, he performed below par in the game.

   {On a par}, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances,
      position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par;
      his ability is on a par with his ambition.

   {Par of exchange}. See under {Exchange}.

   {Par value}, nominal value; face value; -- used especially of
      financial instruments, such as bonds.
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Par \Par\, prep. [F., fr. L. per. See {Per}.]
   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.
   
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Par \Par\, n. (Zool.)
   See {Parr}.
   
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Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. {Bogeys}. [Also {bogie} and {bogy},
   plural {bogies}.]
   1. A goblin; a bugbear.

   Syn: bogeyman.
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              I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm.
                                                  Black.
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   2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly,
      the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for
      {par}, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each
      hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be
      so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary
      first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard
      score is called {par}.
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   3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations,
      such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be
      hostile.
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