nominal
(of a price, consideration, etc.) named as a mere matter of form, being trifling in comparison with the actual or expected amount or value; minimal or insignificant: a nominal fee;a nominal improvement.
of, relating to, or constituting a name or names.
Grammar.
of, relating to, or producing a noun or nouns: a nominal suffix.
functioning as or like a noun.
assigned to a person by name: nominal shares of stock.
containing, bearing, or giving a name or names.
(of money, income, or the like) measured in an amount rather than in real value: Nominal wages have risen 50 percent, but real wages are down because of inflation.
Chiefly Aerospace. performing or achieved within expected, acceptable limits; normal and satisfactory: The mission was nominal throughout.
Grammar. a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
Origin of nominal
1Other words for nominal
Other words from nominal
- pre·nom·i·nal, adjective
- un·nom·i·nal, adjective
- un·nom·i·nal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby nominal
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How to use nominal in a sentence
That said, his effect on the Hornets’s offense has been more than nominal.
Gordon Hayward Got Paid Like An All-Star. He’s Playing Like One, Too. | Jared Dubin | February 17, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe climate Cabinet is much larger than just the nominal climate team, because almost every Cabinet job is actually a climate job.
That’s thanks to a so-called 20% “promote,” which gives the sponsors of the deal, or those who formed the SPAC in the first place, 20% of the shares of the SPAC itself for a nominal price.
So if Democrats managed to win the Senate, they could try to preempt the Supreme Court by changing the penalty to a nominal sum like $1, or repealing the individual mandate entirely.
What Happens If the Supreme Court Overturns Obamacare? | Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (Amelia.Thomson-DeVeaux@abc.com) | November 10, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThe share prices of Apple and Tesla are at all-time highs—buying in now is expensive, at least historically speaking, no matter what the nominal share price says.
Investors riding high on Apple and Tesla stock splits could get clipped, data shows | rhhackettfortune | August 31, 2020 | Fortune
But the fighting continues, and grows worse, despite a nominal ceasefire.
By contrast, incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn only faced nominal opposition in his primary.
Illinois’s Mitt Romney Takes On Rod Blagojevich’s Successor | Ben Jacobs | March 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIts nominal charter was publishing, more or less quarterly, a humor magazine.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon | Robert Sam Anson | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's common to view a nominal commitment to a Palestinian state as a public relations tactic.
Israel's Political Process Sabotages Peace Efforts, But There Is A Constituency For Peace | Matt Lerner | November 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSince WWII, the US unemployment rate has averaged 8% when the short-term nominal T-bill rate is 2% or lower.
He was young to be a colonel, but the title was merely nominal and complimentary, and not given for any service to his country.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesThe nominal intendente da policia is also the supreme judge in criminal cases.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThe rule of the King, nominal within the walls of his own palace, was laughed at in the city and ignored beyond its walls.
The Red Year | Louis TracyFour nominal species of the genus Pipistrellus are currently recognized in North America.
A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus | Walter W. DalquestAdiutrix for work elsewhere, it recalled both governor and legion, and gave up the more northerly of his nominal conquests.
British Dictionary definitions for nominal
/ (ˈnɒmɪnəl) /
in name only; theoretical: the nominal leader
minimal in comparison with real worth or what is expected; token: a nominal fee
of, relating to, constituting, bearing, or giving a name
grammar of or relating to a noun or noun phrase
grammar a nominal element; a noun, noun phrase, or syntactically similar structure
bell-ringing the harmonic an octave above the strike tone of a bell
Origin of nominal
1Derived forms of nominal
- nominally, adverb
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