principals
noun
Meaning
- The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
- The chief administrator of a school.
- The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- 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.
- The primary participant in a crime.
- A partner or owner of a business.
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