pari passu

[ pah-ree pahs-soo; English pair-ahy pas-oo, pair-ee ]

/ ˈpɑ ri ˈpɑs su; English ˈpɛər aɪ ˈpæs u, ˈpɛər i /

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adverb, Latin.

with equal pace or progress; side by side.

without partiality; equably; fairly.

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How to use pari passu in a sentence

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“A couple of times she has made me cry,” says Pari Moayer, a school nurse with bright eyes and a kind and soothing demeanor.
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To ensure the banks end up with the required $1.4 trillion, the government should put in capital pari passu with investors.
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Every increase in the output of kerosene produces pari passu an increase of the other commodities.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley

For neither fuel consumption nor wages of train crews expands pari passu with the paying load.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
Huic filius Roluo succedit, uir corporis animique dotibus uenustus, qui statur magnitudinem pari uirtutis habitu commendaret.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
Qualiter enim regem censeri posse, cui senectus animum, ccitas oculum pari caliginis horrore fuscauerit?
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
The growth of artificial wants is as much the cause as the effect of civilisation: they proceed pari passu.
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British Dictionary definitions for pari passu

pari passu

/ Latin (ˌpærɪ ˈpæsuː, ˈpɑːrɪ) /

adverb

usually law with equal speed or progress; equably: often used to refer to the right of creditors to receive assets from the same source without one taking precedence

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