principal
Primary; most important; first level in importance.
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..."total annual coupon payments divided by the stock" or even "cash payments of principal and coupon in the next year". In contexts like Greece you can have borrowing costs going through the roof while borrowing cost…
$OPHC — Officer Change On May 1, 2026, Timothy Terry retired as principal executive officer of OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. and as President and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary OptimumBank, with assistance in…
Principal Teacher Guidance (Temp/Part Time) - REF:ECOD/P03877 #InverclydeWorks
🔐 Cyberattaque dans l’Éducation nationale 💡 Ce qu’il faut retenir (𝐞𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) 1️⃣ L’identité numérique est devenue le point d’entrée principal des at…
💼 ¿Qué frena la competitividad? El 61% de compañías señala la carga fiscal como principal obstáculo, según “Empresarios y sociedad, de tú a tú”. Lo debatimos en un desayuno con Cámara de Madrid, líderes empresarial…
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Primary; most important; first level in importance.
Smith is the principal architect of this design.
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(obsolete, Latinism) Of or relating to a prince; princely.
The principal cause of the failure was poor planning.
“..."total annual coupon payments divided by the stock" or even "cash payments of principal and coupon in the next year". In contexts like Greece you can have borrowing costs going through the roof while borrowing costs are fixed at zero.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“$OPHC — Officer Change On May 1, 2026, Timothy Terry retired as principal executive officer of OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. and as President and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary OptimumBank, with assistance in the leadership transition. 🧵 continued ↓”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Principal Teacher Guidance (Temp/Part Time) - REF:ECOD/P03877 #InverclydeWorks”
— Bluesky· May 2026“>> I was fed up and went to the principal.”
“>> I was fed up and went to the principal.”
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(mathematics) Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued function so that the function is single-valued.
“🔐 Cyberattaque dans l’Éducation nationale 💡 Ce qu’il faut retenir (𝐞𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) 1️⃣ L’identité numérique est devenue le point d’entrée principal des attaquesUn simple compte compromis peut ouvrir l’accès à des systèmes critiques.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“💼 ¿Qué frena la competitividad? El 61% de compañías señala la carga fiscal como principal obstáculo, según “Empresarios y sociedad, de tú a tú”. Lo debatimos en un desayuno con Cámara de Madrid, líderes empresariales y presentación del informe. 👉 https://n9.cl/tx58g”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Principal Solution Architect-C15-Director -Charlotte - NC-CHARLOTTE (BALLANTYNE) Job educativ.net/jobs/job/58171...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“AGENDA | Este martes se entregan los XV Premios Simón del Cine Aragonés en el Teatro Principal de Zaragoza 👉 gala a las 19:00 horas (photocall desde las 18:00) y Premio de Honor para Leonor Bruna: https://arainfo.org/nominaciones-de-la-xv-edicion-de-los-premios-simon/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WHY don't they put up the principal part of my home loan and NOT the interest. Serv the same purpose to take money out of economy but not hurt the mortgagees so much.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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