Golf term for the standard number of strokes expected for a hole or course. Common in expressions such as パー4 and パーで上がる.
This hole is a par four.
at par; face value; parity
Finance and valuation use meaning equality with face value or equivalent value; often appears in phrases such as パーで発行する or パー発行.
This golf course is a par 72.
He finished the final hole at par.
The bond was issued at par.
The bond was issued at par.
He finished the final hole at par.
ボギー is a score one stroke over par, so it is easy to mix up with パー, the baseline score it is measured against.
チョキ is the two-finger scissors shape, whereas パー is the fully open-hand paper shape, and learners sometimes confuse the two open-finger gestures.
party ticket; fundraising party ticket
par save; saving par
scoring even-par for the entire round
pearling; nosediving
under par
No language of origin is specified. The katakana spelling is conventionally used for the English-style technical term 'par' in golf and finance.
perfluorocarbon; PFC