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principal value

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a value selected at a point in the domain of a multiple-valued function, chosen so that the function has a single value at the point.


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Their principal value is adjusted upward when prices rise.

From Barron's May 30, 2026

“An investor could lose the full principal value of his/her investment within a single day if the price of the underlying security falls by more than 50% in one trading day.”

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

But an ETF can’t eliminate the risks of sudden declines in income or principal value.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

The principal value that Garland and the Justice Department are concerned with is the rule of law.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2021

The principal value of analysis of the economic elements of the struggle is to protect from undervaluation the motives that actuated the opposition to Hamilton's measures.

From Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism by Ford, Henry Jones

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