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Principal may refer to:


Title or rank

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Principal (academia) The principal is the chief executive and the chief academic officer of a university or college in certain parts of the Commonwealth. In the United States, the principal is the head of school at most pre-university, non-boarding schools. Can ...
, the chief executive of a university ** Principal (education), the office holder/ or boss in any school * Principal (civil service) or principal officer, the senior management level in the UK Civil Service * Principal dancer, the top rank in ballet * Principal (music), the top rank in an orchestra


Law

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Principal (commercial law) In commercial law, a principal is a person, legal or natural, who authorizes an agent to act to create one or more legal relationships with a third party. This branch of law is called agency and relies on the common law proposition (from Lat ...
, the person who authorizes an agent ** Principal (architecture), licensed professional(s) with ownership of the firm * Principal (criminal law), the primary actor in a criminal offense * Principal (Catholic Church), an honorific used in the See of Lisbon


Places

* Principal, Cape Verde, a village * Principal, Ecuador, a parish


Media

* ''The Principal'' (TV series), a 2015 Australian drama series * '' The Principal'', a 1987 action film * Principal (music), the lead musician in a section of an orchestra *
Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as ...
, the first phase of movie production * "The Principal", a song on the album '' K-12'' by Melanie Martinez


Finance

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Principal (finance) Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money or other agreed-upon value to another party, the creditor. Debt is a deferred payment, or series of payments, which differentiates it from an immediate purchase. The de ...
or principal sum, the original amount of a debt or investment on which interest is calculated **
Principal (bond) In finance, a bond is a type of security under which the issuer (debtor) owes the holder (creditor) a debt, and is obliged – depending on the terms – to repay the principal (i.e. amount borrowed) of the bond at the maturity date as well as ...
, the face value of a bond *
Principal Financial Group Principal Financial Group is an American global financial investment management and insurance company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Business operations Four segments comprise the company: Retirement and Income Solutions, Principal G ...
, a life insurance company


Other uses

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Principal (computer security) A principal in computer security is an entity that can be authenticated by a computer system or network. It is referred to as a security principal in Java and Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corpora ...
, an entity that can be identified and verified * Principal or diapason, one of the flue pipes on a pipe organ ** Principal or diapason, a corresponding
organ stop An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as ''wind'') to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; each can be "on" (admitting the passage of ai ...
on a pipe organ * Victoria Principal (born 1950), American actress


See also

* Principle (disambiguation), easily confused word * * * * {{Disambiguation, surname