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Meaning of principal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  principal
      adj 1: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the
             main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of
             America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were
             primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"
             [syn: {chief(a)}, {main(a)}, {primary(a)},
             {principal(a)}, {master(a)}]
      n 1: the original amount of a debt on which interest is
           calculated
      2: the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she
         sent unruly pupils to see the principal" [syn: {principal},
         {school principal}, {head teacher}, {head}]
      3: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: {star},
         {principal}, {lead}]
      4: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn:
         {principal}, {corpus}, {principal sum}]
      5: (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense,
         regardless of whether the person profits from such
         involvement
      6: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock
         exchange; buys and sells for his own account [syn:
         {principal}, {dealer}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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