AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
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GCSE English Literature · key term
The original amount borrowed, excluding interest.
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The original amount lent, excluding interest or other charges.
Revise: Money and tradeOnce Portia reveals that he cannot take the flesh without risking punishment, Shylock retreats: ‘Give me my principal, and let me go.’ The principal is the original three thousand ducats, without any additional payment. He has moved from refusing double repayment to asking only to recover what he lent.
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