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
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Principal (education), the office holder/ or boss in any school
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Principal (civil service) or principal officer, the senior management level in the UK Civil Service
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Principal dancer, the top rank in ballet
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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
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Principal (architecture), licensed professional(s) with ownership of the firm
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Principal (criminal law), the primary actor in a criminal offense
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Principal (Catholic Church), an honorific used in the See of Lisbon
Places
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Principal, Cape Verde, a village
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Principal, Ecuador, a parish
Media
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''The Principal'' (TV series), a 2015 Australian drama series
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The Principal'', a 1987 action film
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Principal (music), the lead musician in a section of an orchestra
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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
K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993, well known worldwide mainly for its heavyweight division fights and Grand Prix tournaments. In January 2012, K-1 Global Holdings Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong, acqui ...
'' 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
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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
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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
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Victoria Principal (born 1950), American actress
See also
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Principle (disambiguation), easily confused word
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