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Definitions of principal
  1. noun
    the educator who has executive authority for a school
    "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
  2. noun
    the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

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  3. noun
    an actor who plays a principal role

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  4. noun
    capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

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  5. adjective
    most important element
    "the principal rivers of America" "the principal example"
  6. noun
    (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
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  7. noun
    the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
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Definition that contains principal
  • job the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  • business the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  • point one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
  • answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
  • line the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
  • star an actor who plays a principal role
  • lead an actor who plays a principal role
  • major the principal field of study of a student at a university
  • major a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
  • major have as one's principal field of study
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