
2 an important person, manager etc in some types of organization, who may be legally responsible for its actions Mr O'Brien is a principal of the Law and Economics Consulting Group. No principal is due for repayment until next year. From Longman Business Dictionary principal prin‧ci‧pal 1 / ˈprɪnsəp əl / noun 1 FINANCE the original amount of a loan, not including any of the interest that is paid The loan amounts outstanding totaled about $32.2 million in principal and $2.2 million in interest.
The government will also receive inflation-adjusted 12 percent interest on the unpaid principal. In the course of acting for each of their principals, estate agents will acquire information confidential to that principal. Once, after he had been absent a fortnight, the principal tackled his parents. Major Jack Tilley warmed up the troops much in the fashion of a jovial high school principal preparing students for graduation. Each son has a career in education - three teachers and one principal. His comments on Paul Caton, the deputy principal, were gratuitously offensive. Another teacher who moved me was an assistant principal named Cho, who doubled as a history teacher. Insured bonds carry a pledge from a private backer to pay interest and principal on the bonds if the issuer defaults. 5 money technical BF MONEY the original amount of money that is lent to someone, not including any of the interest Examples from the Corpus principal 4 performer AP the main performer in a play or in a group of musicians, dancers etc She later became a principal with the Royal Ballet. ○ noun 1 school American English SE someone who is in charge of a school SYN headteacher British English a small school with just three teachers and the principal ► see thesaurus at teacher 2 university/college SE British English someone who is in charge of a university or college 3 business American English the main person in a business or organization, who can make important business decisions and is legally responsible for them The principal of the business has an office in New York. Related topics: Education, Performing, Finance principal principal 2 The important properties of these three principal volcanic rock groups can be summarized in simple tables. Oil is the country's principal source of income. After about two miles, I take the left fork and keep to the principal route. Your taxes depend on where your principal residence is located. Drafting cables to be dispatched to Washington is one of the principal occupations of the foreign service officer in the field. The principal method of inquiry is analysis of company records and other contemporary sources.
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And in fact public shaming was one of the principal functions of police registration and surveillance.The principal component, as always, is lack of language proficiency.
the principal character in the book ► see thesaurus at important, main → principally Examples from the Corpus principal Teaching is her principal source of income. ○ W2 AWL adjective MAIN most important SYN main His principal reason for making the journey was to visit his family.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English principal prin‧ci‧pal 1 / ˈprɪnsəp əl /