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para

UK/ˈpæɹə/ US/ˈpɑːɹə/ fairly common informal slang uk us

noun

1.

a security that makes no interest payments but instead is sold at a deep discount from its face value

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2.

100 para equal 1 dinar

3.

a soldier in the paratroops

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4.

an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows

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Origin

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

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