1. A typical or accepted standard: Jeremy's health was on par with other people his age.
2. The score standard for each hole during a golf game: When Shawn and Therese were on the course for the outdoor sport which uses little hard white balls, they could not remember what the par was for each of the little openings in the ground.
3. The established value of money of one country as expressed in terms of the money of another country, using an item of standard value for comparison; for example, gold: The exchange rates at the bank indicated Jillian's currency was on par with that of the country she was going to visit the following week.

1. A young fish that feeds in fresh water: From the bridge, people could see the parr in the river below.
2. Young salmon before they migrate to the sea: The salmon are known as parr and live in fresh water streams before they swim out to the ocean, become adults, and then return to breed and lay eggs in the streams that they left.