principal value
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
With individual TIPS, the inflation adjustment builds over time as an increase in principal value that isn’t realized until maturity or sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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 Tabari's compilation consists in the extremely exhaustive presentation of the history of Islam from the first appearance of the Prophet; no other Arabic work in this respect can compare with his.
From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
