nominal

[ˈnɑːmɪnl]

Definition:
1. Being something in name only, and not in reality.
2. Very small and much less than the normal cost or change.
3. Relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name.

Use 'nominal' in a sentence:

1. Changes in the money supply affect the short-term nominal interest rate.
2. Yet even the commission could not resist the temptation to have fun with Mum's and Dad's money. It asked for a nominal 5.9% increase in the EU budget for 2011.
3. An influx of money to Haiti at that moment reinforced what she had learned in other parts of the country-paying people nominal sums to maintain toilets is crucial.
4. You'll also find links to more information about training and services that are provided for a nominal fee in order to enable integration with OAGIS.
5. In an emerging economy with rapid productivity growth the real exchange rate should rise over time, through either higher inflation or a rise in the nominal exchange rate.
6. The structure of C. Structure Parallelism in Chinese Nominal Coordination.
7. I am prepared to sell my shares at a nominal price.
8. We make a nominal charge for our service.
9. Nominal demand for money and actual demand for money.
10. The Phenomenon Analysis of Paper Nominal Author in a College Topic Research.
11. Chinese per capita nominal consumer spending rose 18 percent year on year to 11471 yuan in the first half of the year. After factoring in price levels, spending went up 17.4 percent year on year.
12. If they should decide to reduce the current account surplus, should they allow faster appreciation of the nominal exchange rate or overheating and faster inflation?
13. Nominal meanings tend to be people, tools, and time.
14. We only pay a nominal rent.
15. A Nominal Stress Method for the Stability of Design of Axially Compressed Bar.
16. The Study on the Teaching of the Nominal Physiology for Athletes.
17. Study on the Scale Effect on Nominal Wake Field using CFD method.
18. I'm going to assume that both real and nominal commodity prices have recently been increasing in most countries (say using a GDP-weighted set of exchange rates).
19. The settler got the house at a nominal price.
20. As he was still not allowed to run a company, his wife became its nominal head.
21. In America, which accounts for more than a quarter of the world market, premiums rose slightly in nominal terms last year, but fell after adjusting for inflation.
22. Developing An ISO 14000 Environmental Performance Evaluation System by Nominal Group Technique.
23. Partly as result of such entrenched deflation, and the associated waning of risk appetite, nominal GDP in Japan is at its lowest level since the first quarter of 1991.
24. Vanity sizing, also known as size inflation, is used to refer to the phenomenon of ready-to-wear clothing of the same nominal size becoming larger over time.
25. Otherwise, set xdebug.max_nesting_level to something nominal to catch runaway sequences of function calls more quickly.
26. The price of uranium oxide, from which fuel for nuclear power plants is made, has risen from $7.25 a pound in 2001 to $47.25—a record in nominal terms.
27. Most economists think that the “neutral” rate of interest, which would neither stimulate nor restrain demand in the euro area, is now more than 3% (in nominal terms).
28. They find that low-income students have less access due to challenges with regard to transportation, non-nominal fees, and off-campus safety.
29. And it seemed to work, thanks to the long period of disinflation from 1982 onwards, which saw nominal bond yields fall sharply and share prices rise substantially.
30. In 1990 personal incomes grew a nominal 6.8 per cent.
31. Other things being equal (such as roughly similar real interestrates across countries) nominal interest rates should be higher incountries with higher inflation rates.
32. Its effects are "hidden" to a certain extent, as the public doesn't see any nominal losses and only feels wealth destruction in obscure price inflation.
33. The price of food staples in nominal dollar terms has more than doubled since 2005 although the impact is smaller when adjusted for domestic inflation and exchange rates.
34. Separately, urban per capita disposable income came in at 24125 yuan, up 11.4 percent in nominal terms, and 10.7 percent in real terms, while income in rural areas stood at 9248 yuan, up 14.6 percent in nominal terms, and 14.1 percent in real terms.
35. China's per capita disposable income stood at 17642 yuan in the first half of the year, up 12.6 percent from the same period last year in nominal price factors, per capita disposable income rose 12 percent year on year.
36. The real exchange rate adjusts the nominal exchange rate-the one you normally see quoted-by taking into account changes in the price levels in the two countries involved.
37. It is important to provide the nominal electrical resistance when ordering.
38. Chinese nominal imports (excluding oil) have grown at a compound rate of 12.2 percent since 1995, with much of the demand being met by regional producers.
39. But the relationship between money and nominal demand also crumbled.
40. The charge of the box lunch was nominal.
41. If real dividends barely grow over the long term, then a forecast of stagnant nominal dividends may simply reflect investors' expectations of zero inflation.
42. Meanwhile prime lending rates, at 7.47%, remain bizarrely divorced from nominal GDP growth, which stood at over 22% year on year in the second quarter.
43. The nominal deflection and thus work addition ability also increase.
44. Yes, type "U" refers to Unknown for the Nominal Annual Rate.
45. The king was only the nominal head of the state.
46. According to a regulation in 2004, airlines should not sell tickets at less than 45% of the nominal price. However, travelers are against the price floor.
47. Inflation would be lower and so nominal rates would be rather more attractive in real terms.
48. The increasing dimension of garments of the same nominal size has caused some designers to introduce size 0, 00, or subzero sizes.
49. Numbers indicate respective nominal compositions of main alloying elements.
50. Students join a team through their schools, which provide a volunteer coach and pay a nominal fee to send students to regional and state competitions.
51. I was brought up a nominal Christian.
52. Guy was elected leader and then found to have the highest EQ on a nominal measure.
53. Inflation would be lower and so nominal rates would be more attractive in real terms.
54. All the ferries carry bicycles free or for a nominal charge.
55. He remained in nominal control of the business for another ten years.