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principal

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /




NOUN
original amount of property either owned or owed
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Fixed income investors fear inflation because it erodes the present value of future coupon and principal payments.

From Barron's

The principal space of the Koolhaas building is the dramatic atrium stair that corkscrews up the front of the building.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The pool is being completely replaced. It leaks like a sieve,” said Stephanie Kingsnorth, principal of the architecture firm Perkins Eastman, addressing about 50 community members in a room next to the park’s visitor center.

From Los Angeles Times

He worked in Goldman Sachs’s Asian special situations and principal investment divisions before moving to Citadel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Audi team principal Jonathan Wheatley has left the team with immediate effect.

From BBC