A set of apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart, upon which acts of swinging and holding and jumping and dips are performed. / A gymnastics event using the parallel bars.

The fact or condition of being paramount; supremacy, precedence.

(military) A large area of firm ground, formerly usually adjacent to fortifications and now usually a paved area at a military base, where soldiers present themselves for inspection ("parade") and practice marching and close-order drills.

(idiomatic, business, management) An agreement between a company and an employee, usually an executive, specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated.

At the same time; together, or cotemporally. / (electricity) Electrical components connected side by side, instead of in series.

plural of parallel import

A legitimate product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner.

plural of parathyroid gland

(medicine) An aggressive behaviour sometimes manifested by patients taking certain drugs, such as benzodiazepines.

plural of paradoxical rage reaction