How to say "parity" in Japanese

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  • 等価とうかCommon
    no-adjectiveThe general word for parity as equal value or equivalence: two things worth the same or interchangeable in a given respect. Fits abstract statements of equality rather than financial par.
    1ドルは現在げんざい110円えんと等価とうかである。↗
    One dollar is equivalent to 110 yen.
  • 平価へいかCommon
    nounThe economics term for parity as par: equality between currencies or a price level taken as the baseline. Use it in monetary and financial contexts, not for equivalence in general.
  • パーCommon
    nounThe loanword 'par': face value or a level footing with something else. Natural in financial talk of buying and selling at face value, but as a rendering of 'parity' it is narrower than 等価.

Choose 等価 for parity as equal value or equivalence in general use, 平価 for the economic sense of par between currencies or prices, and 「パー」 for the loanword 'par' of face value.

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