nominal
adjective/ˈnɒmɪnl/
/ˈnɑːmɪnl/
- being something in name only, and not in reality
- the nominal leader of the party
- He remained in nominal control of the business for another ten years.
- The shares were sold for well below their nominal value.
- Civil and political rights might be purely nominal in character.
- (of a sum of money) very small and much less than the normal cost or charge synonym token
- We only pay a nominal rent.
- We make a nominal charge for use of the tennis courts.
- The amounts involved are nominal.
- (grammar) connected with a noun or nouns
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a term in grammar): from Latin nominalis, from nomen, nomin- ‘name’.
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