nominal

1. (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.not-comparable

2. (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.not-comparable

3. (finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.not-comparable

4. (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.Examples: "This sentence contains a nominal phrase."not-comparable

5. (engineering) According to plan or design.Examples: "We'll just do a nominal flight check."; "Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal."; "The slots are waiting. Waiting for hot pizza. And waiting. The Deliverator honks his horn. This is not a nominal outcome."Synonyms: normalnot-comparable

6. (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.Examples: "My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is."; "The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low."; "Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods."Antonyms: realnot-comparable