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#An individual or other legal person represented by an agent.
#In agency law, an individual or other legal person represented by an agent.
#A legal person acting on their own behalf.  
#In law, a legal person acting on their own behalf.  
#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.
#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.
#The reference amount of a traded financial instrument, used to determine its future cashflows.
#The reference amount of a traded financial instrument, used to determine its future cashflows.
# Most important, or largest. (Not to be confused with ''principle'', which is different.)
#Most important, or largest.  
 
The concepts of 'principal' above, should not be confused with ''principle'', which is different.





Revision as of 15:45, 19 November 2015

  1. In agency law, an individual or other legal person represented by an agent.
  2. In law, a legal person acting on their own behalf.
  3. 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. The reference amount of a traded financial instrument, used to determine its future cashflows.
  5. Most important, or largest.

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


See also