noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
par excellence
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Auguste Escoffier, master chef par excellence
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
level
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Parsley was level par at the turn but found himself five down yet he never gave up.
under
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Matthew battled to a one-#under-par 71 to ensure a two-stroke lead going into the final round.
■ NOUN
excellence
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Bio2, after all, was a patchwork wilderness par excellence .
value
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It follows that management's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe.
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Calculate the issue price of a 91-day Treasury bill with a par value of 10,000 and a discount rate of 9 percent.
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All these securities are sold at a discount to their par value .
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On maturity, the investor receives the par value .
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However, interest is reflected implicitly in the difference between the discounted issue price and the par value received at maturity.
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The issue is often made for the par value of the debt and the debt will be redeemed at the same amount.
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As a result, the amount of the proceeds deemed to relate to the debt will be less than par value .
■ VERB
finish
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Adamson reached the turn in five under par but faltered on the back nine to finish on two under par 70.
issue
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A 1,000,000 certificate of deposit was issued at par with a coupon of 9.5 percent and 91 days to maturity.
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The par yield curve is used to determine the required coupon on a new bond that is to be issued at par.
make
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All he could do was chip out and hope to make par .
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I made a par on the tenth, a par-four of only 318 yards.
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But he holed the long putt coming back to keep the match alive after Davies had safely made a par .
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He made a par on sixteen.
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Steve says he gets great satisfaction out of it and making one par in a round of 18 makes it worthwhile.
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The issue is often made for the par value of the debt and the debt will be redeemed at the same amount.
put
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Emissions are down by as much as 80 per cent-#putting them on a par with the best four-strokes.
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One Labour source said that operating cartels would be put on a par with insider dealing.
trade
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The jeans maker's bonds are trading above par , even in a badly depressed market.
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If the bond is trading below par , the issuer is likely to repurchase the bond in the market.
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If the bond is currently trading below par , its operative life is likely to be the number of years to maturity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Oritz needed only a par to win the tournament.
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The stock's par value decreased from $3.14 to 31 cents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Abdullah was the equivalent of a constable, the most junior career rank, almost on a par with conscripts.
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At 6,352 yards, par 71, it already offers a stern test of technique without being physically onerous.
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He knocked it on to the fairway, hit his third shot on to the green and then two-putted for par .
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In the nineteenth century the wines of Pierry were considered on a par with the best wines of Aÿ.
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On a par with Mom's, the flaky pie goes down smoothly.
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On the second day 47 players beat par with another 18 again scoring in the 60s for the first time.
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The card reads 6,330 yards, par 68: that's without a par-5.