equity (n.; pl. equities): the state, action or quality of even-handed dealing, even-handedness; fairness, justness; \ impartiality; unbiased; (adj.): equitable; (adv.): equitably; (n.): equitability, equitableness; equitarian.\ ~ (Online Neoteric Dictionary).

parity (n.; pl. parities): the state, action or quality of being on a par; an equivalence of status, level or value; correspondence, similarity; (n.): paritarian. ~ (Online Neoteric Dictionary).

• par (n.): a state of equality (esp. in the phrase ‘on a par with’). [C17: from Latin pār, ‘equal’, ‘on a level’; see peer¹; viz.: a person who is an equal in social standing, rank, age, etc.; from Old French per, from Latin pār, ‘equal’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• par (n. & adj. & v.; parred, parring; n.): an equality in value or standing; a level of equality; [e.g.]: “gains on a par with losses”; (adj.): average or normal; (tr.v.): (golf): to equal par on (a hole or course); (idiom): par for the course: exactly what one might expect; typical. [1615-25; from Latin, ‘equal’]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

• par (n.): 1. Latin, literally ‘equal’, ‘equality’; 2. (golf terms): birdie: in golf birdie, a diminutive of bird, means ‘first-rate thing’ as it refers to one stroke under par for a hole; 3. double bogey: two strokes over par on a golf hole; 4. double eagle (also known as an albatross): three strokes under par on a single golf hole. ~ (Farlex Trivia Dictionary).

• par (n.): a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; [e.g.]: “on a par with the best”; (synonyms): equivalence, equality, equation; [e.g.]: “the word equivalence represents an essential equality and interchangeability”; (related words): egalite, egality (social and political equality; [e.g.]: “egality represents an extreme levelling of society”); tie (equality of score in a contest); [e.g.]: “the game was declared a tie as the players were evenly matched”). ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

• par (n.): 1. the state of being equivalent; (synonyms): equality, equation, equivalence, equivalency, parity, sameness; 2. something, as a type, number, quantity, or degree, which represents a midpoint between extremes on a scale of valuation; (synonyms): average, mean, median, medium, norm. ~ (The American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

• on a par with (idiom): as good as, equal to, as in; [e.g.]: “This violinist may be an amateur but he’s on a par with professional orchestral players”; the noun “par” has meant ‘that which is equal’ since the mid-1600s; the idiom here was first recorded in 1832. ~ (The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms).

• on a par with (common): if one person or thing is on a par with another, they are of the same standard; [e.g.]: “He fascinated her, not least because in him she sensed an intelligence almost on a par with her own”; “Parts of Glasgow are on a par with the worst areas of London and Liverpool for burglaries”; “It took courage and confidence in this girl to place herself on a par with her father, a distant figure with a terrifying reputation”. [note: in golf “par” is the number of strokes a good golfer is expected to take for a particular hole or for the whole course]. ~ (Collins Co-Build Idioms Dictionary).

• on a par with (idiom): equal in importance or quality to; on an equal level with; [e.g.]: “Imagine learning that the MCC had been used for two-hundred years as a front for procuring under-age boys. ... The scandal of the Tour de France is roughly on a par with such a revelation”. (1998 Spectator). ~ (Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary).

• be on a par with someone or something (idiom): to be equal to someone or something; [e.g.]: “Her cupcakes are delicious—they’re definitely on a par with any ones you’d find in a bakery”. ~ (Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary).

• on par with someone or something (idiom): equal to someone or something; [e.g.]: “Your effort is simply not on par with what’s expected from you”; “These two departments are right on par in productivity”. ~ (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs).

• on par with someone or something (idiom): approximately equal (in some characteristic) to someone or something else; [e.g.]: “The two rival tennis players have been on par for the last seven years, constantly battling back and forth for dominance in the league”; “This is about on par with what I expected from their legal team”; “I have to say, their latest product isn’t on par with their last one”. ~ (Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary).

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