To me austerity has to mean greater equality so that less can be made to go further.

Throughout American history, it has almost always meant equality of opportunity, not of condition.

To answer Blalock's question, parity, in its simplest definition, means equality.

That would mean real equality and the people of Canterbury were not ready to accept that.

Protection didn't necessarily mean equality; non-Muslims were heavily taxed, for example.

In the case of New Brunswick, this means perfect equality.

The constitution did emancipate the slaves, but this did not mean equality.

The British flag under our best administrators will mean clean government, honest laws, liberty and equality to all men.

Europe means equality between all people within the European Union.

In its weak version the phrase means equality of access.