English-French translations for principal

commettant
directeur
La pêche durable doit être notre principe directeur. Sustainable fishing must be our guiding principal.
directricepar écrit. - (EN) Voici 10 lignes directrices essentielles en matière d'efficacité énergétique: in writing. - Here are 10 principal guidelines for energy efficiency.
maître de l'affaire
mandantPlusieurs entreprises de clubs de vacances ont été fermées au cours de ces dernières semaines et leurs mandants ont été arrêtés dans le cadre de l'enquête. Several holiday club companies have been closed within the past few weeks and their principals have been arrested as part of the investigation.
proviseure

Primary; most important; first level in importance
Of or relating to a prince; princely
The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated
The chief administrator of a school
The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college
A legal person that authorizes another to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a ''negotiorum gestio'acts
The primary participant in a crime
A partner or owner of a business
The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing
One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
An essential point or rule; a principle
A security principal

Smith is the principal architect of this design
The principal cause of the failure was poor planning
A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.
When an attorney represents a client, the client is the principal who permits the attorney, the client′s agent, to act on the client′s behalf.
My principal sells metal shims.

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