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.
その債券はパーで発行された。
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.
No language of origin is specified. The katakana spelling is conventionally used for the English-style technical term 'par' in golf and finance.