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Definition
most important; or person who is most important
The exact meaning of principal can depend upon its context. For example:
- "the principal idea" or "the principal performer" — the most important
- "the principal of the school" — the person in charge
- "a principal of a company" — an owner or person with controlling authority
- "the principal in a transaction" (as contrasted to the agent) — the person on whose behalf an agent acts
- And always they were in fear of a principal—three hundred thousand—if they ever move under a leader—the end.Chapter 19 (92% in)
- These things were lost, and crops were reckoned in dollars, and land was valued by principal plus interest, and crops were bought and sold before they were planted.Chapter 19 (8% in)
There are no more uses of "principal" in The Grapes of Wrath.
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