pair
• noun 1 a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit. 2 an article consisting of two joined or corresponding parts. 3 two people or animals related in some way or considered together. 4 two opposing members of a parliament who absent themselves from voting by mutual arrangement. • verb 1 join or connect to form a pair. 2 (pair off/up) form a couple. — ORIGIN Old French paire, from Latin par ‘equal’.
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