Значение

значений: 15
  1. (неисчисляемое)The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.

    A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.

    2012, Denis Clifford, Plan Your Estate, 11th Edition, NOLO, US, page 298, For instance, in some states, dividends that have automatically been reinvested will be treated as principal.

    Anlagebetrag, Anlagesumme, Einsatz

    основно́й долгosnovnój dolg, основна́я су́ммаosnovnája súmma

    капіта́лkapitál

    the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

  2. (Австралия, Канада, Новая Зеландия, Philippines, США, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The chief administrator of a school.

    Rektor, Rektorin, Schulvorsteher

    дире́кторdiréktor, директри́саdirektrísa, ре́кторréktor

    дире́кторdyréktor, дире́кторкаdyréktorka

  3. (Канада, Британия, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.

    Coordinate term: bursar

    ре́кторréktor, ре́кторкаréktorka

  4. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.

    When an attorney represents a client, the client is the principal who permits the attorney, the client′s agent, to act on the client′s behalf.

    My principal sells metal shims.

    Geschäftsherr, Prinzipal, Vollmachtgeber

    довери́тельdoverítelʹ, принципа́лprincipál

    довіри́тельdovirýtelʹ

  5. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The primary participant in a crime.

    Haupttäter m or simply Täter

  6. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Either party in a duel.

  7. (Канада, США, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A partner or owner of a business.

  8. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A type of stop on a pipe organ consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a diapason.

  9. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.

  10. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

  11. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned

  12. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.

Примеры

предложений: 377
  1. He has just become a principal.

    Он только что стал директором школы. — ae5s

    deEr ist kürzlich Schulleiter geworden. — rains_and_shadows

  2. I'd like to see the principal.

    Я хотел бы увидеть начальника. — Olya

  3. The principal came in after the teacher.

    Директор вошёл вслед за учителем. — averoes

    ukДиректор зайшов після вчителя. — ascolto

  4. He is the principal of the high school.

    Он директор средней школы. — corvard

  5. The principal called and said you weren't at school today.

    Директор позвонил и сказал, что тебя сегодня не было в школе. — odexed

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 4
money originally invested or loaned:
chief administrator of a school:
chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college:
legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts:
Русский
По значениям 3
money originally invested or loaned:
chief administrator of a school:
legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts:
Deutsch
По значениям 4
money originally invested or loaned:
chief administrator of a school:
legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts:
legal: primary participant in a crime:

Происхождение

From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis.

From Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis.

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Формы

мн. число: principals
Ед. числоprincipal
Мн. числоprincipals

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 16
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 21

Сочетаемость

шаблонов: 5
  • the principal's office
  • principal's office
  • to the principal's
  • is the principal
  • school principal

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