be up to (below) par

  • 1below par — {adj.} or {adv.} Below standard. * /Bob was fired because his work has been below par for several months now./ Contrast: UP TO PAR or UP TO SNUFF …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2below par — {adj.} or {adv.} Below standard. * /Bob was fired because his work has been below par for several months now./ Contrast: UP TO PAR or UP TO SNUFF …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3Below par — Par Par, n. [L. par, adj., equal. See {Peer} an equal.] [1913 Webster] 1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4below par — If something isn t up to standard, or someone isn t feeling or doing very well, they are below par …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 5below par — [adj] second rate in quality below average, imperfect, inferior, lacking, not oneself, off, off form, poor, substandard, under the weather*, wanting; concept 574 …

    New thesaurus

  • 6below par — index defective, deficient, faulty, ignoble, imperfect, inferior (lower in quality), marginal, nonsubstantial (not sturdy) …

    Law dictionary

  • 7below par — 1 their performances have been below par: SUBSTANDARD, inferior, not up to scratch, under par, below average, second rate, mediocre, poor, undistinguished; informal not up to snuff; N. Amer …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8Below Par Records — infobox record label name = Below Par Records image bg = parent = founded = 2000 owners = Jai Al Attas Mark Catanzariti Matthew Hawkes distributor = Virgin/EMI genre = various country = AUS location = Darlinghurst, New South Wales url =… …

    Wikipedia

  • 9below par — Less than the nominal or face value of a security. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * Ⅰ. under/below/sub par ► worse than the usual or expected standard: »California ranks below par in tackling the retiree health care issue. Main Entry: ↑par …

    Financial and business terms

  • 10Below Par — A term describing a bond whose price is below the face value or principal value, usually $1,000. As bond prices are quoted as a percentage of face value, a price below par would typically be anything less than 100. A bond trading below par is the …

    Investment dictionary