Principal
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
An entity whose identity can be authenticated.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
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the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange
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the educator who has executive authority for a school
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(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
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an actor who plays a principal role
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capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
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the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
Classifications
Entity Type
Identity92%rule-basedr:entity.identity.account.v1
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- corpusdealerheadlead
- plural
- Principals
- possessive
- Principal's
- pluralpossessive
- Principals'