fundamentals

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the main or most important rules or parts:

fundamentals of It's important for children to be taught the fundamentals of science.

basic financial facts that show whether a business and its shares, etc. or an economy and its currency, are strong and successful:

Share prices have risen across Asia as fundamentals improve.

Global uncertainty is unlikely to become more serious, as the underlying fundamentals remain solid.

strong/sound/positive fundamentals

business/economic/market fundamentals