nominal value
noun
book or par value, as of securities; face value.
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nominal aphasia, nominal damages, nominal par, nominal scale, nominal sentence, nominal value, nominal wages, nominalism, nominalize, nominally, nominate
Origin of nominal value
First recorded in 1900–05
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