• adjective:   insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)

  Example: "The fee was nominal"

• adjective:   being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power

  Example: "Nominal or face value"

• adjective:   pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun

  Example: "Nominal phrase"

• adjective:   relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name

  Example: "The Russian system of nominal brevity"

• adjective:   being such in name only

  Example: "The nominal (or titular) head of his party"

• adjective:   named; bearing the name of a specific person

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