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What (who) is principally$63953$ - definition
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Principals; Principal (law); Principal (disambiguation); Principally
principal
¦ adjective
1. first in order of importance; main.
2. denoting an original sum of money invested or lent.
¦ noun
1. the most important or senior person in an organization or group.
the head of a school or college.
(in certain professions) a fully qualified practitioner.
2. a sum of money lent or invested, on which interest is paid.
3. a person for whom another acts as an agent or representative.
Law a person directly responsible for a crime.
4. a main rafter supporting purlins.
5. an organ stop sounding a set of pipes typically an octave above the diapason.
Derivatives
principalship noun
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. principalis 'first, original', from princeps, princip- 'first, chief'.
Usage
On the confusion of principal and principle, see usage at principle.
Principally
·adv In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.
principal
n. 1) main person in a business. 2) employer, the person hiring and directing employees (agents) to perform his/her/its business. It is particularly important to determine who is the principal since he/she/it is responsible for the acts of agents in the "scope of employment" under the doctrine of respondeat superior. 3) in criminal law, the main perpetrator (organizer and active committer) of a crime, as distinguished from an "accessory" who helps the principal in some fashion. The criminal principal is usually the person who originates the idea of committing the crime and/or directly carries it out, and is more likely to be charged with a higher degree of the crime, and receive a stiffer prison sentence. 4) adj. chief, leading, highest.
See also: accessory agency agent respondeat superior
