(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
A par-5 hole. Par for this course is 72.
source: WordNet 3.0
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
On a par with the best.
source: WordNet 3.0
See Parr.
source: Webster 1913
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.
source: Webster 1913
An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
source: Webster 1913
preposition
By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the 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.