Nominal
adjective
Existing or being something in name or title only.
He's the nominal head of our team, but he really does very little.
Often appears as...
- nominal leader
- nominal amounts
adjective
Very small in amount.
There's a nominal charge for the service.
Often appears as...
- nominal fee
- nominal charge
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Disapproving
adjective
Related to nouns.
A noun, pronoun or other nominal can be the subject of a sentence.
Often appears as...
- nominal group
- nominal clause
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Technical
adjective
Stated or appearing in name or form only.
The nominal value of a bond is its face value.
Often appears as...
- nominal rate
- nominal value
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Technical
adjective
Existing or being something in name or title only.
He's the nominal head of our team, but he really does very little.
Often appears as...
- nominal leader
- nominal amounts
adjective
Very small in amount.
There's a nominal charge for the service.
Often appears as...
- nominal fee
- nominal charge
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Related to nouns.
A noun, pronoun or other nominal can be the subject of a sentence.
Often appears as...
- nominal group
- nominal clause
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Stated or appearing in name or form only.
The nominal value of a bond is its face value.
Often appears as...
- nominal rate
- nominal value
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Authority in Name
Nominal often implies authority exists in title rather than actual power or involvement.
He was only the nominal CEO, the real decisions were made by the board.
Pro Tip 2/3Less Responsibility
A nominal position usually carries less responsibility than it suggests.
As a nominal chairman, she didn't attend daily meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Common in Hierarchies
Used for positions in organizations with a hierarchical structure to indicate limited function.
He's a nominal director, lacking any real authority in the company.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority in Name
Nominal often implies authority exists in title rather than actual power or involvement.
He was only the nominal CEO, the real decisions were made by the board.
Pro Tip 2/3Less Responsibility
A nominal position usually carries less responsibility than it suggests.
As a nominal chairman, she didn't attend daily meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Common in Hierarchies
Used for positions in organizations with a hierarchical structure to indicate limited function.
He's a nominal director, lacking any real authority in the company.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority in Name
Nominal often implies authority exists in title rather than actual power or involvement.
He was only the nominal CEO, the real decisions were made by the board.
Pro Tip 2/3Less Responsibility
A nominal position usually carries less responsibility than it suggests.
As a nominal chairman, she didn't attend daily meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Common in Hierarchies
Used for positions in organizations with a hierarchical structure to indicate limited function.
He's a nominal director, lacking any real authority in the company.
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Capitalism will eat...
They were simply interested in crushing our government, just because they did not want to have to deal with the architectural fault lines that were running through the Eurozone. And because they didn't want to admit that for five years they were implementing a catastrophic program in Greece. We lost one-third of our nominal GDP.
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The habits of happiness...
which our being and our consciousness is. So, the interface with cognitive science, since we need to come to that, it was, I suppose, the subject of -- we have to deal in such a short time -- with brain plasticity. The brain was thought to be more or less fixed. All the nominal connections, in numbers and quantities,
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Bat-eating Snakes of...
actually sense the heartbeat of their preys they can tell if the animal is still alive so as soon as this bat is completely dead it'll start to swallow it and that's when I can think about calling in the camera crew there's seven nominal sight these bats are leaving in enormous numbers there are tens of
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How does income affect...
But importantly, mothers are being randomized, so some mothers are randomized to receive a nominal monthly cash gift and others are randomized to receive several hundred dollars each month, an amount that we believe is large enough to make a difference in their day-to-day lives,
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Clay Shirky: Institutions...
that's institution as obstacle. Institutions hate being told they're obstacles. One of the first things that happens when you institutionalize a problem is that the first goal of the institution immediately shifts from whatever the nominal goal was
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How one piece of...
when he and his sons hacked to death five pro-slavery farmers with broad swords. In the end, more than 50 people died in Bleeding Kansas. While nominally still a national party, Douglas's Democrats were increasingly divided along sectional lines,
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Rattlesnake Roundup PIPE...
a nominal fee they're thrown into a pit and from that pit they go to the milking pit where you actually take the venom out of their glands and from that station they go to research where they're measured sex and weight and that
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Letting go of outdated...
and I know their value education only that may be important or take my my children to school nominal money Peleg analogue accra a jager mata in yamato communipaw chi mai hirakud asaram this
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Sending Humans to Mars:...
- Vehicle's reached maximum aerodynamic pressure. - Stage 1 propulsion is still nominal. Altitude 32 kilometers. Speed at one kilometer per second.
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Soyuz Launch PIPE National...
11m spacecraft delivering three more crew members to the International Space Station 147th everything is nominal
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Capitalism will eat...
They were simply interested in crushing our government, just because they did not want to have to deal with the architectural fault lines that were running through the Eurozone. And because they didn't want to admit that for five years they were implementing a catastrophic program in Greece. We lost one-third of our nominal GDP.
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The habits of happiness...
which our being and our consciousness is. So, the interface with cognitive science, since we need to come to that, it was, I suppose, the subject of -- we have to deal in such a short time -- with brain plasticity. The brain was thought to be more or less fixed. All the nominal connections, in numbers and quantities,
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Bat-eating Snakes of...
actually sense the heartbeat of their preys they can tell if the animal is still alive so as soon as this bat is completely dead it'll start to swallow it and that's when I can think about calling in the camera crew there's seven nominal sight these bats are leaving in enormous numbers there are tens of
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How does income affect...
But importantly, mothers are being randomized, so some mothers are randomized to receive a nominal monthly cash gift and others are randomized to receive several hundred dollars each month, an amount that we believe is large enough to make a difference in their day-to-day lives,
Video examples
Clay Shirky: Institutions...
that's institution as obstacle. Institutions hate being told they're obstacles. One of the first things that happens when you institutionalize a problem is that the first goal of the institution immediately shifts from whatever the nominal goal was
Video examples
How one piece of...
when he and his sons hacked to death five pro-slavery farmers with broad swords. In the end, more than 50 people died in Bleeding Kansas. While nominally still a national party, Douglas's Democrats were increasingly divided along sectional lines,
Video examples
Rattlesnake Roundup PIPE...
a nominal fee they're thrown into a pit and from that pit they go to the milking pit where you actually take the venom out of their glands and from that station they go to research where they're measured sex and weight and that
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Letting go of outdated...
and I know their value education only that may be important or take my my children to school nominal money Peleg analogue accra a jager mata in yamato communipaw chi mai hirakud asaram this
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Sending Humans to Mars:...
- Vehicle's reached maximum aerodynamic pressure. - Stage 1 propulsion is still nominal. Altitude 32 kilometers. Speed at one kilometer per second.
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Soyuz Launch PIPE National...
11m spacecraft delivering three more crew members to the International Space Station 147th everything is nominal
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
To measure prices by a currency that is called by the same names as gold, but that is really inferior in value to gold, and then - because those prices are nominally higher than gold prices - to say that they are inflated, relatively to gold, is a perfect absurdity.
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Margaret MacMillan
Canadian Historian
Nominally left- and right-wing populists differ primarily in their choice of which 'others' to exclude and attack, with the former singling out big corporations and oligarchs, and the latter targeting ethnic or religious minorities.
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Ross Douthat
American Author
I think true atheism is a rare thing in human affairs: Even in the most secularized precincts of Europe, a lot of nominal nonbelievers turn out to have all sorts of supernatural and metaphysical beliefs.
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Mike Birbiglia
American Comedian
I feel like being a door person was like college in a sense. I could watch comedy on a professional level seven nights a week without paying, and they would pay me a nominal amount of money to be there.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively.
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Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
Under Reagan's policies, inflation and nominal GNP growth shriveled much faster than predicted, throwing off government revenue estimates and resulting in budget deficits.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
No one will lend at a negative interest rate; potential creditors will simply choose to hold cash, which pays zero nominal interest.
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Sam Hinkie
American Businessman
Nominally, I stated a company. Practically, it's a venture capital firm that allows me to be an investor in early stage companies.
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Athanasios Orphanides
Cypriot Economist
The degree of monetary policy ease should be associated with the level of real interest rates, not nominal interest rates.
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Martin L. Gross
American Writer
Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
To measure prices by a currency that is called by the same names as gold, but that is really inferior in value to gold, and then - because those prices are nominally higher than gold prices - to say that they are inflated, relatively to gold, is a perfect absurdity.
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Margaret MacMillan
Canadian Historian
Nominally left- and right-wing populists differ primarily in their choice of which 'others' to exclude and attack, with the former singling out big corporations and oligarchs, and the latter targeting ethnic or religious minorities.
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Ross Douthat
American Author
I think true atheism is a rare thing in human affairs: Even in the most secularized precincts of Europe, a lot of nominal nonbelievers turn out to have all sorts of supernatural and metaphysical beliefs.
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Mike Birbiglia
American Comedian
I feel like being a door person was like college in a sense. I could watch comedy on a professional level seven nights a week without paying, and they would pay me a nominal amount of money to be there.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively.
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Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
Under Reagan's policies, inflation and nominal GNP growth shriveled much faster than predicted, throwing off government revenue estimates and resulting in budget deficits.
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Ben Bernanke
American Public Servant
No one will lend at a negative interest rate; potential creditors will simply choose to hold cash, which pays zero nominal interest.
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Sam Hinkie
American Businessman
Nominally, I stated a company. Practically, it's a venture capital firm that allows me to be an investor in early stage companies.
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Athanasios Orphanides
Cypriot Economist
The degree of monetary policy ease should be associated with the level of real interest rates, not nominal interest rates.
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Martin L. Gross
American Writer
Nominally, there is one executive for every eight federal employees, a ratio that would bankrupt many private industries.
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