1 being sth 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.
2 (of a sum of money) very small and much less than the normal cost or change:
We only pay a nominal rent. * We make a nominal charge for use of the tennis courts.
3 (grammar) connected with a noun or nouns
nominally adverb:
He was nominally in charge of the company.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for nominal is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is nominal a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, nominal is tagged as adjective.
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