Nor vs Par - What's the difference?
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(literary) And not ()
* (Boethius)
* Shakespeare
* Sir (Walter Scott),
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(UK, dialect, Yorkshire) Than.
paragraph
parallel
parenthesis
parish
Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
Equality of condition or circumstances.
(golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
(golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par
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(golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
As a symbol nor
is the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for norway.As a noun par is
pair, couple.nor
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Out with it, nor hold it fast within your breast.
- I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
- And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it
T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
See also
* neitherEtymology 2
Possibly ; alternatively, short for "negation of OR".See also
* and * nand * or * xorStatistics
*par
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation.Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Usage notes
* Used frequently in Middle English in phrases taken from French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.Noun
(en noun)- He needs to make this shot for par .
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Derived terms
* below par * on par, on a par * par for the course * under par * up to parVerb
(parr)- He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.