nominal

adj.

1. 1. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
   2. 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.
   1. 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.
   2. 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.

[Middle English nominalle, of nouns, from Latin nōminālis, of names, from nōmen, nōmin-, name.]

nominally nom'i·nal·ly adv.

An unadjusted rate, value or change in value. This type of measure often reflects the current situation, such as the current price of a car, and doesn't make adjustments to reflect factors such as seasonality or inflation, which provide a more accurate measure in real terms.

Investopedia Says:
In most cases, value is measured in nominal terms rather than real terms, which make adjustments to give a more accurate measure.

For example, if you buy a $900 bond and are paid $1,000 for it a year later, your rate of return is 11.1%. This is the nominal rate of return; it is unadjusted and reflects the return on your bond. However, to get a more accurate picture of the actual return, the rate needs to be adjusted for inflation because the purchasing power of the your money has likely changed over the one-year period. Therefore, if inflation for that year is 5%, the real rate of return is only 6.1% (11.1%-5%).

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adj

Definition: insignificant
Antonyms: important, significant, substantial

adj

Definition: supposed, theoretical
Antonyms: actual, real, true

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Trifling, token, or slight; not real or substantial; in name only.

Nominal capital, for example, refers to extremely small or negligible funds, the use of which in a particular business is incidental.

IN BRIEF: Very small.

For a nominal fee, he pulled not one but two rabbits out of a hat.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nominel, symbolsk, ubetydelig, pålydende, planmæssig, nominal
n. - nominal

Nederlands (Dutch)
nominaal, niet verbaal (taalkunde), in naam, naamgevend, naamwoordelijk, gering, zoals voorzien (naar wens)

Français (French)
adj. - nominal, minimal, symbolique (une amende), dérisoire (un loyer), (Ling) nominal
n. - expression nominale

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nominal, nominell, äußerst gering/niedrig, Nenn...
n. - Nominal(er, e)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ονομαστικός, εικονικός, συμβολικός, (γραμμ.) ονοματικός

Italiano (Italian)
nominale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - nominal, trivial

Русский (Russian)
именной, номинальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nominal
n. - sustantivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - nominell, formell, symbolisk, planenlig, substantivisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
名义上的, 名字的, 有名无实的, 名词性词

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 名義上的, 名字的, 有名無實的
n. - 名詞性詞

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아주적은, 이름만의, 공칭의
n. - 명사 상당어, 명사류

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 名目上の, しるしばかりの, 名詞の, 名詞用法の, 記名の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) اسمي, ضئيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סמלי, זעום, להלכה, שמני‬
n. - ‮מילה או קבוצת מלים המתפקדות כשם-עצם (למשל: זה)‬

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