nom|i|nal

nom|i|nal
nom|i|nal «NOM uh nuhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. existing in name only; not real: »

a position with merely nominal duties. The president is the nominal head of the club, but the secretary is the one who really runs its affairs. A state of nominal peace existed between Spain, France, and England (John L. Motley).

2. too small to be considered; unimportant compared with the real value: »

We paid our friend a nominal rent for the cottage—$5 a month.

SYNONYM(S): trivial, negligible.
3. a) giving the name or names: »

the nominal accounts of a business, a nominal list of the students in a class.

 b) mentioning specifically by name: »

a nominal appeal.

c) assigned to a person by name: »

a nominal share of stock.

4. Grammar. a) of or having to do with a noun or nouns. Day is the nominal root of daily, daybreak, and Sunday. b) (of a word or phrase) used or functioning as a noun or nouns. Rich and poor in the phrase the rich and the poor are nominal adjectives.
5. of or having to do with a name or names.
–n.
a word or group of words functioning as a noun.
╂[< Latin nōminālis < nōmen, -inis name]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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