par

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The products are sub-par, the prices are too high and the quality of service is spotty at best.

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  1. noun An amount or level considered to be average; a standard: performing up to par; did not yet feel up to par.
  2. noun An equality of status, level, or value; equal footing: a local product on a par with the best foreign makes.
  3. noun The established value of a monetary unit expressed in terms of a monetary unit of another country using the same metal standard.
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  • They've been on par, they've been kicking butt and winning races. —  FOXSports.com News
  • Please don't confuse this with the notion that the body is sub-par, it isn't. —  Fashion World of SL
  • She had a bogey at the par-4 fourth after another errant tee shot led to a missed 5-footer for par, but bounced back with birdies at the fifth and ninth holes to leave her 1 under for her round. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • Wednesday's emotional upheaval: I had my second therapy appointment, and I'm finding the process quite draining thus far -- par for the course, I know. —  What Now?
  • That left him two-over-par, and a long way off the pace set by leader Ross McGowan on minus seven.
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  1. From Latin pār, equal, that which is equal; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Middle English parren, inclose; cf. spar. Cf. also parrock, park.
  2. from par, v
  3. = French pair (later English pair) = Spanish Portuguese par = Italian pare, pari, equal, from Latin par, equal; as a noun, par, masculine, an equal, a companion, par, n., a pair. Hence ult. (from Latin par) English pair, peer, parity, disparity, etc., umpire, etc.
  4. from par, n.
  5. from Latin par, a pair: see par.
  6. Cf. par.
 

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