Betekenis van principal In het Nederlands

• 0 first in order of importance:

  • Iraq's principal export is oil.

  • He was principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

  • That was my principal reason for moving.

• 1 the person in charge of a school

• 2 an amount of money that someone has invested in a bank or lent to a person or organization so that they will receive interest on it from the bank, person, or organization:

  • She lives off the interest and tries to keep the principal intact.

• 3 first in order of importance:

  • Iraq’s principal export is oil.

• 4 a person in charge of a school

• 5 an amount of money that is lent, borrowed, or invested, apart from any additional money such as interest

• 6 first in order of importance:

  • Iraq's principal export is oil.

  • Nigeria remains the country's principal economic partner.

• 7 relating to an amount of money lent or borrowed, rather than to the interest paid on it:

  • Shares of these funds involve investment risk, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

• 8 an amount of money lent or borrowed, rather than the interest paid on it:

  • She lives off the interest and tries to keep the principal intact.

  • These bonds involve the risk that the issuing company may be unable to pay interest or repay principal.

  • The money is secured by the borrower's home, which is sold after the borrower's death to pay off the interest and principal.

• 9 a person who is directly involved in an arrangement, agreement, etc., rather than someone acting for that person:

  • Once the principals sign the necessary papers the deal will be done.

• 10 a person who has legal responsibility for what a business or organization does:

  • I later became a principal at an investment banking firm.