Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PAR (BOND)
  
  Is the principal amount of the loan. While bonds were typically issued in $1,000 denominations, the prices were quoted in percents of that denominations. For example, a bond priced at 105 meant $1,050.
  
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