| 单词 | below par |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbelow par b. The face value of a share or other security as distinct from its market value. above par: at a price above the face value, at a premium. at par: at the face value. below par: at a discount. See also par value n. at Compounds. Now chiefly Stock Market. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adverb] > lower in price or value below par1726 off1929 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [adverb] > at face value at par1802 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > value at par par1802 par value1807 parity1900 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 111 The Exchequer Bills would not circulate under nine per Cent. below Par. 1744 N. Tindal Contin. Rapin's Hist. Eng. III. Contin. 336/1 The credit of the Exchequer notes being thus secured, they daily rose nearer to par. 1774 H. Walpole Let. to C'tess of Ailesbury in Wks. (1798) V. 565 Births—under par since lady B— left off breeding. 1802 Edinb. Rev. 1 104 A stock bearing one half per cent. would not find many purchasers at par. 1892 B. Smith & W. H. H. Hudson Arithm. for Schools (new ed.) 304 When the price of £100 stock is £100 in money, the stock is said to be at par. 1932 Manch. Guardian 28 Jan. 15/1 The ‘shorts’ are all due for repayment at par at various dates between 1933 and 1936. 1934 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 121 The company's stock has gone up so far that it's now nearly par. 1998 Independent 30 Jan. i. 22/5 The dated stock would ultimately be redeemed at par. below par b. The normal or expected quality, condition, or standard of something, esp. a person's health or sense of well-being. Usually following a preposition (without determiner), as above par, below par, under par, up to par. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] > surpassing the ordinary surpassingc1580 supraordinarya1623 superordinary1630 extraordinary1649 higher1718 above par1776 extra1850 premium1856 plus1921 double dip1963 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > average par1776 average1802 mean1803 normal1859 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > less > below normal quantity or degree under par1776 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > average [phrase] > on average one with anothera1687 at an average1737 on a par1767 up to par1899 1776 H. Newdigate Let. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) i. 11 As to my Spirits they are rather above than below par. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 382 A very small sacrifice of this sort would bring good clover and rye grass to the par of old turf. a1817 J. Austen Lady Susan xxiv, in Wks. (1954) VI. 288 Sir James is certainly under par. 1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal xlviii I think he caught a chill, and being below par he succumbed. 1899 H. Spencer in Westm. Gaz. 20 May 4/3 Thanks for your inquiry. I am about up to par, and not without hope of rising above it presently. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service x. 104 Mrs. Chavender's Pekinese..had woken up that morning a little below par, and Sally was driving her and it to the veterinary surgeon in Lewes. 1958 A. Huxley Brave New World Revisited (1959) viii. 99 Whenever anyone felt depressed or below par, he would swallow a tablet or two of a chemical compound called Soma. 1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits 97 Were his clothes not up to par? < as lemmas |
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