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principal

/ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ /ˈpɹɪnsəp̬əl/

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noun

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

Examples :

"A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest."

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The chief administrator of a school.

Examples :

"The principal announced the new school policy at the assembly. "

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The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.

Examples :

"The university's principal announced a new scholarship program for students. "

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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.

Examples :

"My principal sells metal shims."

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The primary participant in a crime.

Examples :

"The principal suspect in the vandalism case was a student from the school. "

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A partner or owner of a business.

Examples :

"The principal investors in the new bakery are a husband and wife team. "

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A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.

Examples :

"The organist played a beautiful melody on the principal stop of the pipe organ. "

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The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.

Examples :

"The principal support for the barn's roof was a large wooden truss. "

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The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

Examples :

"The hawk's principal feathers were damaged in the storm. "

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One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.

Examples :

"The antique hearse was adorned with intricate principal, which were candles. "

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noun

An essential point or rule; a principle.

Examples :

"The principal reason for staying late at the office was to finish the report. "

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A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.

Examples :

"The principal dancer of the Royal Ballet Company performed a breathtaking pirouette. "

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noun

A security principal.

Examples :

"The school's principal is responsible for the safety of all students. "

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adjective

Primary; most important; first level in importance.

Examples :

"Smith is the principal architect of this design."

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(Latinism) Of or relating to a prince; princely.

Examples :

"The principal's speech at the school assembly was full of princely pronouncements about the importance of hard work. "

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