parish- pump adj. [only before noun]
(BrE,
disapproving) connected with local affairs only (and
therefore not thought of as being very important) ; EM
j4l$; Hud parochial : parish-pump
politics
parish
'register noun a book that has a
list of all the baptisms,
marriages and funerals that have taken place at a particular parish church
)
parity /'paerati/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 [U] ~ (with sb/sth)
| ~ (between A and B) {format) the state of being equal, especially the state of
having equal pay or status ( % ir£§5citfc& ) :
Prison officers are
demanding pay parity with the police force. ^WJESc^ % ¥ mn
x |S] m „ 2 [U, C].(finance M) the fact of the
units of money of two different countries being equal ( M S W fp ) .T-fl)-: to achieve parity with the dollar
park (Hr /paik; NAmEpairk/ noun, verb noun 1 [C] an area of
public land in a town or a city where people go to walk, play and relax :
0 a park bench AmMKm 2 [C] (in
compounds f&M.'n is]) an area of land
used for a particular purpose if E ; SK: a business/science park j§[ik / Koa wildlife park — see
also
AMUSEMENT PARK, CAR PARK, NATIONAL PARK, RETAIL PARK, SAFARI PARK, THEME
PARK 3 [C] (in Britain) an area of land, usually with fields and trees,
attached to a large country house ( H H ) j£ 0 , HSu 4 [C] (NAmE) a piece of land for
playing sports, especially baseball ( Xtie ) — see also ballpark
(1)
5 the
park [sing.]
{BrE) a football (soccer) or
»verb 1 to leave a
vehicle that you are driving in a particular place for a period of time ^ ( X ) ; jfl
( $ ) : [V,
VN] You can’t
park here. ' o
You
can’t park the car here. O
[V] He’s
parked very badly. # $1X if Ik # X if o o [VN] a badly parked truck — A $ 0 A. red van was
parked in front of the house.
o a parked car - (ft 7 0 {informal, figurative)
Just
park your bags in the hall until your room is ready. #WJ^fe]iBtJp^f5:lu, —see
also
double-park 2 [VN +adv./prep.]
~ yourself {informal) to sit or stand in
a particular place for a period of time T ( )
: She parked
herself on the edge of the bed.
3 [VN] {informal, business 0) to decide to leave
an idea or issue to be dealt with or considered at a later meeting • ft®#,
&h3l ) : Let’s park that until our next meeting. PgCffE
parka /'paika; NAmE 'pairka/ noun a very warm jacket
or coat with a hood that often
has fur inside W.~$L%
parkade /pai'keid; NAmE pair'k-/ noun (CdnE) a parking garage
for many cars
.park
and 'ride noun a system designed
to reduce traffic in towns in which people park their cars on the edge of a
town and then take a special bus or train to the town centre; the area where
people park their cars before taking the bus
7^:
Use the park
and ride. Mo 0
I’ve
left my car in the park and ride.
To
0
apark-and-ride service
par-kin
/’paikm;
NAmE ‘pairkin/ noun [U] (BrE) a dark brown
sticky cake made with oatmeal and
treacle, flavoured with ginger
parking /'paikirj; NAmE 'pairk-/ noun [U] 1 the act of stopping a
vehicle at a place and leaving it there for a period of time (77; 7: There is no parking here
between
o a parking fine (= for parking
illegally) 2 a space or an area for leaving vehicles #7^7 The hotel is centrally situated with
1447 parliament
ample free parking, tfc jg ^^7 rfi 7 &, W
7ft,
parking brake noun {NAmE) = handbrake
parking
garage noun {NAmE) = multi-storey car park
parking lot noun
{NAmE)
an area where people can leave their cars —
compare car park
parking meter (also meter) noun a machine beside the
road that you put money into when you park your car next to it
parking ticket (also ticket) noun an official notice
that is put on your car when you have parked illegally, ordering you to pay
money
Par
kin son's disease/'parkinsnzdizi:z;
NAmE'pairk-/ (also Par kin son ism /’paikmsamzam; NAmE ‘pairk-/) noun [U] a disease of the
nervous system that gets worse over a period of time and causes the muscles to
become weak and the arms and legs to shake () 'Parkinson's law noun [u] {humorous) the idea that work
will always take as long as the time available for
it J;
park-land /'paiklaend;
NAmE 'pairk-/ noun [U] open land with
grass and trees, for example around a large house in the country (
park-way /'paikwei;
NAmE 'pairk-/ noun {NAmE) a wide road with
trees and grass along the sides or middle
parky
/'paiki;
NAmE 'pairki/ adj. {BrE, informal, old-
fashioned
or humorous) (of the weather XH) cold 7<^(ft par-lance /'pailans; NAmE 'pairl-/ noun [U] (formal) a particular way of
using words or expressing yourself, for example one used by a particular group
; A in; fflin: in commonAegal/modem
parlance /
Munro, in climbing parlance, is a Scottish mountain
exceeding 3 000 feet. fE'f? , Will A
par-lando /pai'laendau;
NAmE pair'laendou/ adv., adj. (music #) (from Italian) (used as an
instruction zn in) sung in a free
way, like speech W )
par-lay
/'pailei;
NAmE ‘pairlei/ verb iJiumd 'parlay sth into
sth (NAmE) to use or develop sth
such as money or a skill to make it more successful or worth more f'IShe
hopes to parlay her success as a model into an acting career. § B
par-ley /'paili;
NAmE 'pairli/ noun, verb mnoun (old-fashioned) a discussion between
enemies or people who disagree, in order to try and find a way of solving a
problem ( 61) )
Wir
■
verb [V] ~ (with sb) (old-fashioned) to discuss sth with
sb in order to solve a disagreement ( fk
m m*
parlia ment (Hr /'pailamant; NAmE 'pairl-/ noun
1 [C,
sing.+sing./pl. v.] the group of people who are elected to make and change
the laws of a country IX & ; HI ^ : The German parliament is called the ‘Bundestag’. Bundestag,, 2 Parliament
[U+sing./pl. v] the parliament of the
Parliament o the issue was debated in
Parliament $ I"! 7
& o o an Act of Parliament o to win a seat in
Parliament
if XISO to be elected to
Parliament
^
3 (also Parliament) [C, U] a particular
period during which a parliament is working; Parliament as it exists between
one general election and the next
— ) — jgijSC^-: We are
now into the second half
of the parliament, fi 111 E
o to dissolve Parliament
(=
formally end its activities) and call an election
—
see also Houses of Parliament,
hung(1)