It isn't much help, though, if you're trying to choose between phrases like "the principal reason" and "the principle reason." The intended meaning there is something like "main" or "most ...

That has been changed to “principal”, meaning the main one. The difference with principle, meaning basic rule, and which comes from the same Latin root (princeps, first, chief), is one of the ...

Now let’s look at principal and principle. A principal is usually a head of a school. I really like our new school principal. Another meaning of principal can be the amount of money invested in ...

Yes — but a public official has to overreach drastically to hit that mark. Everett Middle School Principal Lena Van Haren did just that when she chose to withhold the results of her school’s ...

A higher principal will result in higher interest payments over the life of the loan, assuming that the interest rate and loan term remain constant. Principle is a noun referring to a fundamental ...