pari passu
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin pari passu, from Latin parī, ablative of pār (“equal”) + passū, ablative of passus (“step”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- Simultaneously; likewise, equally. [from 16th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 30:
- Pari passu with Marechal Bugeaud's ‘pacification’, French colonisers steadily took root in Algeria.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 30:
- (economics, law) At an equal rate.
