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Principal Amount
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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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