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Principal

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An entity whose identity can be authenticated.

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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'