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principal amount


Definitions (3)

 1. The amount borrowed (such as the face value of a debt security), or the part of the amount borrowed which remains unpaid (excluding interest), here also called principal.

2. The part of a monthly payment that reduces the outstanding balance of a mortgage.

3. The original investment.


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