principal [ prin·ci·pal ]
Adjective
the country's principal cities
An investor invests in the issuer the principal amount of the structured note component.
Noun
But at the end of the day he wasn't a principal in the administration.
Low-performing schools need better principals and teachers.
The only thing that carries the film is the performances by the principals.
he had been an outstanding principal in the orchestra
principals in general practice are self-employed and controlled by their practice agreements
The principals stated overwhelmingly that government funds were inadequate.
the winners are paid from the interest without even touching the principal
stockbrokers in Tokyo act as agents rather than as principals
I don't want the cops to haul me and the gang back to face our principal for crimes years in the past.
Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by the French code, and so I must change my proposal.
Two 2 in. x 6 in. struts run from purlin to truss principal.
The distinctive pipe organ sound which cannot be duplicated by any other instrument is produced by ranks designated as the Principal.

