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Principal amount
Definition 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 .
Definition 2
The part of a monthly payment that reduces the outstanding Balance of a Mortgage .
Definition 3
The original investment.
Related Terms: 15
Balance , Borrow , Call , CLU , Debt , ECU , FIN , Interest , Inc. , Mortgage , Outstanding , Owe , Paid , Principal , SEC
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12b-1 funds ,
Adjusted balance method ,
Account balance ,
Average daily balance ,
Average daily balance method ,
Above par ,
Accreted value ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued interest ,
Agency security ,
Amortization of premium ,
Amortized value ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
As is ,
Attorney in fact ,
Adjustable Rate Mortgage ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
Assumable mortgage ,
A shares ,
Automatic investment plan ,
At the money ,
Age-weighted plan ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Amount recognized ,
Assessed value ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Back pay ,
Balance ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Below par ,
Benchmark interest rate ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Base interest rate ,
Board of Governors ,
Borrowed reserves ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bailing out ,
Balloon payment ,
Borrow ,
Breakup value ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Borrowed stock ,
Balanced investment strategy ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Capital investment ,
Capitalized interest ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Current debt ,
Compensating balance ,
Compound interest ,
Cabinet security ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Conversion value ,
Convertible debt ,
Convertible security ,
Current market value ,
Call money rate ,
Closed out ,
Code of procedure ,
Credit balance ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Chasing the market ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Contract month ,
Cash surrender value ,
Cash value ,
Cash value life insurance policy ,
CLU ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Cash-out refinancing ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Chattel mortgage ,
Commercial mortgage ,
Consumer debt ,
Consumer interest ,
Conventional mortgage ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Crowding out ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Covered call ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash-balance plan ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close out ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Curbs out ,
Days Sales Outstanding ,
Debt service coverage ,
Declining balance method ,
Double-declining balance depreciation method ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Debt ,
Debt capital ,
Debt-equity swap ,
Debt financing ,
Debt limit ,
Debt market ,
Debt shelf ,
Deferred interest bond ,
Delivery vs. payment ,
Digested security ,
Droplock security ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Do Not Reduce ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Deferred month ,
Delivery month ,
Derivative security ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debit balance ,
Debt consolidation ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Debt retirement ,
Debt service ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Deferred payment ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Down payment ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Deferred payment annuity ,
Distressed security ,
Defensive investment strategy ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Depth of market ,
Economic value ,
Effective debt ,
Effective annual interest rate ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Exact interest ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
Effective par ,
E-mini ,
Exchange of spot ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Ex-all ,
Equity mortgage ,
Explicit interest ,
Ex-warrants ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
First In First Out ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Face-amount certificate ,
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ,
Federal National Mortgage Association ,
First call date ,
Flow of funds ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Foreign Debt ,
Far month ,
Furthest month ,
Foreign direct investment ,
Face amount ,
Fair market value ,
Form S-1 ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
First mortgage ,
Fixed-Rate Mortgage ,
Forward interest rate ,
Full faith and credit ,
Funded debt ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Fixed investment trust ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
FIN ,
Fair value ,
Government National Mortgage Association ,
Graduated security ,
Guaranteed Investment Contract ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
Gross National Debt ,
G-8 ,
General mortgage ,
Graduated payment ,
Growing equity mortgage ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
Holder in due course ,
Hang out loan ,
High-ratio mortgage ,
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ,
Home equity debt ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Imputed value ,
Investment flows ,
Interest-bearing ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Interest rate collar ,
Interest rate risk ,
Interest rate swap ,
Intrinsic value ,
Investment bill ,
Investment-grade bond ,
Investment letter ,
Investment security ,
Investment value ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment bank ,
Investment banker ,
Investment Bankers Association ,
Investment banking ,
Investment banking group ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Investment multiplier ,
Interest rate futures ,
Insurable interest ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Interest ,
Interest expense ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
Inc. ,
In intestacy ,
Inter vivos trust ,
Imputed interest ,
Insured mortgage ,
Interest deduction ,
Interest-only loan ,
Interest rate ,
Interest rate cap ,
Interest rate ceiling ,
Interest rate floor ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Investment company ,
Investment fund ,
Investment objective ,
Investment policy ,
Investment trust ,
Interest rate option ,
I/O strip ,
Inchoate interest ,
Interest-only strip ,
Investment property ,
Immediate payment annuity ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Investment philosophy ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint mortgage ,
Junior debt ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Knock-out option ,
Last In First Out ,
Liquidation value ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Long-term debt ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal age ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-value ,
Loan value ,
Loan-value ratio ,
Lock-in ,
Long-term mortgage ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Marketable security ,
Maturity value ,
Mezzanine debt ,
Mortgage-backed certificate ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage bond ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Mortgage pool ,
Municipal investment trust ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market on close order ,
Medium of exchange ,
Monetizing debt ,
Most distant month ,
Mortgage life insurance ,
Mortgage lien ,
Minimum payment ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage ,
Mortgage banker ,
Mortgage banking ,
Mortgage broker ,
Mortgage debt ,
Mortgage interest deduction ,
Mortgage note ,
Mortgage rate ,
Mortgage REIT ,
Mortgage risk ,
Mortgage servicing ,
Market-value weighted index ,
Net book value ,
Net interest margin ,
Net investment ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Negotiable security ,
Non-interest-bearing note ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Debt ,
Nearby month ,
Next month ,
Net Asset Value ,
Null and void ,
Nonrecourse debt ,
Notice of Default ,
Notional principal amount ,
Naked call ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Non-investment property ,
Normal retirement age ,
Nominal value ,
Off-balance-sheet financing ,
Off the books ,
Original cost ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Ordinary interest ,
Original Issue Discount ,
Out-of-favor ,
Outstanding ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Open interest ,
Original issue stock ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Open mortgage ,
Original principal balance ,
Overlying mortgage ,
Owe ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
Overlapping debt ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Pooling of interests ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Par bond ,
Payment date ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Preferred debt ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Provisional call feature ,
Payment for order flow ,
P&L ,
Private debt ,
Periodic payment plan ,
Private Mortgage Insurance ,
Power of Attorney ,
Package mortgage ,
Paid ,
Paid up ,
Past-due balance method ,
Personal interest ,
Prepaid interest ,
Previous balance method ,
Principal ,
Principal amount ,
Principal balance ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Purchase-money mortgage ,
Private Market Value ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Priced out ,
Put/call ratio ,
Replacement value ,
Reports and Records ,
Residual value ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Real interest rate ,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Reading the tape ,
Receive against payment ,
Receive versus payment ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Regulated investment company ,
Reduced paid-up insurance ,
Red herring ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Remaining principal balance ,
Residential mortgage ,
Reverse-annuity mortgage ,
Reverse mortgage ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rollover mortgage ,
Rule of 78 ,
Registered options principal ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Salvage value ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
Sight letter of credit ,
Simple interest ,
S&L ,
Stop payment ,
SEC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Sovereign debt ,
Stamped security ,
Straight value ,
SEC fee ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Standard of living ,
Series 3 ,
Spot month ,
Surrender value ,
Short interest ,
Short interest ratio ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory investment ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Second mortgage ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Self-amortizing mortgage ,
Senior debt ,
Senior security ,
Share appreciation mortgage ,
Single-payment loan ,
Standard payment calculation ,
Subordinated debt ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Systematic investment plan ,
Selling the spread ,
Short market value ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Shareholder value ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Stopped out ,
Times interest earned ,
Trial balance ,
T-Bill ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Truth in Lending ,
Two-step mortgage ,
Theoretical value ,
Tenancy at will ,
Top hat plan ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Top out ,
Take a bath ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Underlying debt ,
Unpaid dividend ,
Underlying security ,
Unearned interest ,
Uncovered call ,
Unit Investment Trust ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Value stock ,
Value averaging ,
Value investing ,
Value Added Tax ,
Written-down value ,
With interest ,
Waiver of premium ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Yield to call ,
Y shares ,
Zero-investment portfolio