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: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=pari+passu -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. Sponsored by: Perfect your French, German, Italian or Spanish with Champs-Elysees audio magazines, the final step to fluency! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith5 Ever wonder why we aren't just happy, we're happy as a clam? Derivation, a fascinating game about word & phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ 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) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/pari_passu.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pari_passu.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pari_passu.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
