First, highest, or foremost in importance, rank, worth, or degree; chief.
파생어
principally [부] principalship [명]
예문
1. a principal cause of his failure (그가 실패한 주요 원인) 2. the principal of business (사장) 3. a principal verb (주동사) 4. principal and interest (원리) 5. the principal sum (원금)
