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pari passu

/ˌpɑːri ˈpæsuː/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Law adverb

Ranking equally and without preference among competing claims.

The unsecured creditors rank pari passu in the distribution.

Similar: equally

Topic: Advocacy in Legal English

Business adverb

Ranking equally, without preference among creditors or securities.

The new notes rank pari passu with the existing senior unsecured debt.

Similar: on equal footing

Topic: Banking in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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