Pair
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The word pair, derived via the French words pair/paire from the Latin par 'equal', can refer to:
- 2 (number), two of something
- Au pair, a work agreement
- Couple, various senses for two joined things
- Even number, in roulette etc.
- Ordered pair, in Mathematics and set theory
- Twisted pair, a couple of electric wires twisted together
- Pair (parliamentary convention), matching of members unable to attend, so as not to change the voting margin
- pair, the French equivalent of peer, holder of a French Pairie, French high title roughly equivalent to a member of the British peerage
- pair, a member of the Prussian House of Lords
- Pair (Cricket): "getting a pair" means being out for 0 in both innings of a match
- A handshaking process in Bluetooth communications

