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Equal footing, not equal outcome — the difference everyone conveniently forgets.
means The state of being equal in amount, status, or value — same level, not necessarily same result.
from From Latin 'paritas,' meaning equality, rooted in 'par' meaning equal or equal in rank — the same root that gave us 'par' (as in golf, or 'on par'), 'peer' (an equal), and 'pair' (two matched things). It entered English through French in the 1500s, originally in contexts of rank and condition before drifting into math, economics, and physics, where it now describes everything from equal pay to the symmetry of subatomic particles.
- math sense
- Odd or even, nothing fancier
- computing use
- Extra bit catches single errors, not all
- economics use
- Same purchasing power across different currencies
- pay debates
- Parity means equal pay, not equal roles