Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PRINCIPAL LIMIT - The present value of a house, given the elderly owner's right to live there until dea...
  
  
• PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN - The main imaginary line running north and south and crossing a base line at a defi...
  
  
• PRINCIPAL OFFICE - see home office.
  
  
• PRINCIPAL ONLY (PO) - see stripped mortgage-backed securities.
  
  
• PRINCIPAL ORDERS - Refers to activity by a broker/dealer when buying or selling for its own account and...
  
  
• PRINCIPAL PAYMENT - A payment applied entirely to the principal balance of the loan; formerly called 'c...
  
  
• PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS - The face amount or par value of a debt instrument where interest is paid. The inte...
  
  
• PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE - The dwelling in which a person resides for the majority of the time.
  
  
• PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER - Shareholder owning 10% or more voting stock in a publicly listed company.
  
  
• PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDER - A stockholder who owns 10% or more of the voting stock of a company. Such stock...