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Principals

The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.

📖 Definitions of "Principals"

noun

1
The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
"A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest."
2
The chief administrator of a school.
3
The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
4
A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
"My principal sells metal shims."

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