nominal

nom·i·nal  (nm-nl)

adj.

1.

a. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.

b. Assigned to or bearing a person's name: nominal shares.

2. Existing in name only.

3. Philosophy Of or relating to nominalism.

4. Insignificantly small; trifling: a nominal sum.

5. Business

a. Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.

b. Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.

6. Grammar Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.

7. Aerospace & Engineering According to plan or design: a nominal flight check.

n. Grammar

A word or group of words functioning as a noun.

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[Middle English nominalle, of nouns, from Latin nminlis, of names, from nmen, nmin-, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

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nomi·nal·ly adv.

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nominal

Adjective

1. in name only: nominal independence

2. very small in comparison with real worth: a nominal amount of aid [Latin nomen name]

nominally adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nominal - a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb nominal phrase, noun phrase phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
Adj.	1.	nominal - relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"
	2.	nominal - insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a toknenish gesture" token, tokenish minimal, minimum - the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"
	3.	nominal - pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase" grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
	4.	nominal - of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation; "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates" economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management real - of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
	5.	nominal - named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" nominative specified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times"
	6.	nominal - existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party" titular formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"

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nominal

adjective 1. titular, formal, purported, in name only, supposed, so-called, pretended, theoretical, professed, ostensible

adjective 2. token, small, symbolic, minimal, trivial, trifling, insignificant, inconsiderable

Translations

nominal [ˈnɔmɪnl] adj → nominal

nominal [ˈnɔmɪnl] adj [rent, fee] → symbolique; [value] → nominal(e)

nominal [ˈnɔmɪnl] adj → nominell

nominal [ˈnɔmɪnl] adj → nominale

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nominal

adj nominal [ˈnəminəl]

1 in name only, not in reality He is only the nominal head of the firm.nominaalإسْمي، بالأسْم، رَمْزيформаленpodle jménanominel; af navndem Namen nachκατ' όνομα και όχι στην ουσίαnominalnimeline, fiktiivneاسمىnimellinende nom, nominalבְּשֵם בִּלבָדनाम मात्र काsamo po imenu,nestvarannévlegesnominalsem er að nafninu tilnominale, di nome名ばかりの이름뿐인, 명목상의nominalus, formalusformālspada nama sahajain naambare i navnet, symbolsktytularnynominalcu numele; nominalноминальный; формальныйpodľa menaformalennominalannominell, formell, [] till namnetแต่ในนามsözde, ismi var cismi yok, ad olarak有名無實的номінальнийبرائے نامthuộc danh nghĩa有名无实的

2 very small He had to pay only a nominal fine.laeصَغير أو قَليل جِدّاًнищоженnepatrnýubetydeligunwesentlichσυμβολικός, εικονικόςsimbóliconime poolestجزئىminimaalineninsignifiantסִמלִיकेवल नाम मात्र का, नाममात्र की राशि या किरायाneznatan,beznačajannévlegeskecilsem er til málamyndasimbolicoわずかな아주 적은minimalus, simbolinisnomināls, simboliskssedikitgeringsymbolsk, nominellsymbolicznynominalneînsemnatсимволический; ничтожныйnepatrnýneznatennominalanobetydlig, symboliskซึ่งเล็กน้อยมากçok küçük, sembolik微不足道незначнийمعموليrất ít微不足道