Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
prix principal
English translation:
principal price or capital price
Added to glossary by
Bharg Shah
Apr 22, 2002 10:36
22 yrs ago
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French term
prix principal
French to English
Law/Patents
La présente vente est consentie et faite moyennant le prix principal de....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | principal price or capital price |
Bharg Shah
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| 5 +1 | The main price |
houari
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| 4 +1 | sum, exclusive of taxes and fees, |
Steven Geller
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| 4 | basic price |
Gillian Hargreaves (X)
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| 4 | principal amount |
John Garside
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| 3 +1 | purchase price / principal sum |
Peter Freckleton
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| 3 | overall price or highest price |
Pascale Dahan
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Proposed translations
+2
17 mins
Bharg Shah
India
India
Native in English
India
Top quality at the best rates
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Gujarati to English
Related KudoZ points
:
94
Selected
principal price or capital price
I think this is quite straightforward
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks"
35 mins
basic price
Another possibility
+1
36 mins
The main price
I think ,in this context this is more suitable
3 hrs
Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
14 years in medical/pharmaceutical trans
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
:
81
overall price or highest price
two other possibilities.
Difficult to say without knowing the context. Hope it helps anyway.
Difficult to say without knowing the context. Hope it helps anyway.
+1
3 hrs
Steven Geller
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
1246
sum, exclusive of taxes and fees,
This sale is agreed and consummated for the sum, exclusive of taxes and fees, of
4 hrs
John Garside
Canada
Canada
Native in French
&
English
Canada
Quality at the price you want
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian) , French (Variants: Standard-France, Canadian)
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
:
81
principal amount
I see the "prix principal" here as being the term for the amount of the sale exclusive of other costs.
Termium says:
DEF – Somme prêtée ou empruntée,
par opposition aux intérêts qui s'y
rapportent.
Termium says:
DEF – Somme prêtée ou empruntée,
par opposition aux intérêts qui s'y
rapportent.
Reference:
+1
14 hrs
Peter Freckleton
Australia
Australia
Native in English
Australia
I am a litigation attorney and linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
722
purchase price / principal sum
In the context of a sale "purchase price" seems appropriate. If payment were on terms the price would be the principal sum bearing interest.
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: looking it up now and checking, principal sum seems to work very well.
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