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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--pari passu This week's theme: Latin terms in English. pari passu (PAH-ree PAS-soo) adverb At an equal rate or rank. [Latin pari passu (with equal step).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "These shares will rank pari passu with all other shares for future dividends and distribution." National Bank of Bahrain Posts Record Profit; Gulf Daily News (Bahrain); Jan 7, 2007. X-Bonus War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

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