In many cases, a credit card company will charge a percentage of the balance on the card as the minimum monthly payment. If you have a $1,000 balance and a 2% minimum, you will owe at least $20 for the month. Part of that money will go toward interest, and a tiny portion of it will go towards your principle.
The Prothonotary is the clerk of the court of common pleas and keeps records of all civil procedures before the courts, signs all writs and processes (such as suits) and files copies of all records and processes.
One that does is the prothonotary warbler, which became a topic of controversy during the Alger Hiss trial in the 1950s. The prothonotary in the hearing is being asked to decide if the statement of claim put forward by the groups will stand, and if the two groups launching the claim -- the B.