| 单词 | principal |
| 释义 | prin·ci·pal 1 /'prin-sə-pəl/ adj 1: being the main or most important, consequential, or influential their ~ place of business the ~ obligor 2: of, relating to, or constituting principal or a principal the ~ amount of the loan principal 2 n 1: a participant in an action or transaction esp. having control or authority the ~ s of a business: as a: one who engages another to act for him or her subject to his or her general control or instruction: one from whom an agent derives authority to act compare fiduciary b: one who commits a crime or instigates, encourages, or assists another to commit it esp. when constructively or actually present see also accessory 1 principal in the first degree: a principal under common law who intentionally commits and is actually or constructively present at the commission of a crime principal in the second degree: a principal under common law who aids, encourages, or commands another to commit a crime and is actually or constructively present when it is committed c: the person primarily liable on a legal obligation or one who will ultimately bear the burden because of a duty to indemnify another as distinguished from one (as an endorser, surety, or guarantor) who is secondarily liable 2: a capital sum earning interest, due as a debt, or used as a fund shall receive the income from the trust until age 18, and thereafter the ~ payments shall be applied first to interest and then to ~; also: the main body of an estate, devise, or bequest |
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