parity

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The term parity is often used to describe the balance in MLS.

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  1. noun Equality, as in amount, status, or value.
  2. noun Functional equivalence, as in the weaponry or military strength of adversaries: "A problem that has troubled the U.S.-Soviet relationship from the beginning has been the issue of parity” (Charles William Maynes).
  3. noun The equivalent in value of a sum of money expressed in terms of a different currency at a fixed official rate of exchange.
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  • All of the Region 7 squads hope that this year the parity will be a strength that will get them ready for the state tournament.
  • Regarding the goal to achieve gender parity, she said: 'Within primary schools, gender parity is at 95 percent in six out of 10 regions. —  India eNews
  • The term parity is often used to describe the balance in MLS. —  BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs
  • However, as the parity is so remarkable, I hope it will continue to the last; and if ever he shall give us an edition of this poem himself, I may see some of them treated as gently, on their repentance or better merit, as Perrault and Quinault were at last by Boileau In one point I must be allowed to think the character of our English poet the more amiable. —  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2
  • The same financial group made a tidy profit trading in Slovak crowns as the parity was re-set. —  Slovak Spectator
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  1. French parité, from Old French parite, from Late Latin paritās, from pār, par-, equal; see pair.
  2. Latin parere, to give birth, bring forth; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots + -ity.

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  1. from French parité = Spanish paridad = Portuguese paridade = Italian parità, from Late Latin parita(t-)s, equality, from Latin par, equal: see par.
  2. from Latin parere, bring forth, beget.
 

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