parity

//ˈpærɪti//
C1Frequency Level 11Formal
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Noun

paritySingular
paritiesPlural
1

The state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status, rights, or pay.

The company is committed to achieving pay parity between male and female employees.

2

Equality between the amounts of two different currencies.

The two currencies have reached parity for the first time in decades.

3

In mathematics and computing, the property of an integer being even or odd.

The algorithm checks the parity of each number to determine if it is even or odd.

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