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* [[Paying agent]]
* [[Point]]
* [[Point]]
* [[Principal employer]
* [[Principal employer]]
* [[Principal risk]
* [[Principal risk]]
* [[Principal value]
* [[Principal value]]
* [[Principal write down]
* [[Principal write down]]
* [[Principle]]
* [[Principle]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Security]]

Revision as of 12:51, 5 July 2022

1. Agency - law.

In agency law, an individual or other legal person represented by an agent.


2. Law - legal persons.

In law, a legal person acting on their own behalf.


3. Investment and borrowing.

The amount of an investment or a loan, excluding any interest.

When the whole of a loan is drawn down at the start, the principal is simply the amount originally borrowed.


4. Financial instruments - cashflows.

The reference amount of a traded financial instrument, used to determine its future cashflows.


5. Importance - scale.

Most important, or largest.


The concepts of 'principal' above, should not be confused with principle, which is different.


See also