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| 1. | [ adjective ] relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name | |
| Examples: | "the Russian system of nominal brevity" "a nominal lists of priests" "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls" |
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| Related terms: | name | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] insignificantly small; a matter of form only | |
| Synonyms: | tokenish token | |
| Examples: | "the fee was nominal" "a token gesture of resistance" (`tokenish' is informal as in "a tokenish gesture") |
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| Related terms: | minimal | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (economics) being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power | |
| Examples: | "nominal or face value" |
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| Related terms: | real economics | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (grammar) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun | |
| Examples: | "nominal phrase" "noun phrase" |
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| Related terms: | grammar noun | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] named; bearing the name of a specific person | |
| Synonyms: | nominative | |
| Examples: | "nominative shares of stock" |
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| Related terms: | specified | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] being such in name only | |
| Synonyms: | titular | |
| Examples: | "the nominal (or titular) head of his party" |
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| Related terms: | formal | |
| Similar spelling: |
nominally nominalism |
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