nominal

adj 1: relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name;

"the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal

lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the

nominal rolls"

2: insignificantly small; a matter of form only; "the fee was

nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; (`tokenish' is

informal as in "a tokenish gesture") [syn: {token(a)}, {tokenish}]

3: (grammar) "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"

4: (economics) being value in terms of specification on

currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing

power; "nominal or face value" [ant: {real}]

5: named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative

shares of stock" [syn: {nominative}]

6: being such in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of

his party" [syn: {titular}]